Petition Stop UK Gap Year travel companies placing volunteers in orphanages abroad.

1. 80% of children in homes in Asia and Africa are NOT orphans.
2. Short-term volunteers disrupt the welfare of the children.
3. It is illegal in many countries to volunteer on a Visitor's Visa.
4. Many orphanages force children to convert from their family religion in return support.

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These conditions violate the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to a home, family, community, religion.
http://www.nextgenerationnepal.org/File/The-Paradox-of-Orphanage-Volunteering.pdf
http://globalsl.org/why-unicef-and-save-the-children-are-against-you-caring-for-orphans/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/02/cambodia-child-protection-workers-call-for-end-to-booming-orphanage-tourism
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/may/16/volunteers-stop-visiting-orphanages-start-preserving-families

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Date closed 2 December 2016
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