Ethical International Partnerships involving Children & Residential Care
The Community-based Global Learning Collaborative has played a key role aligning with the global child rights and wellbeing community to raise awareness about the harms of orphanage tourism. With the pending resumption of international travel and volunteering, ReThink Orphanages is partnering with a range of organizations to continue to move individuals and organizations away from harmful forms of partnership and toward healthy engagement to support holistic community development. It is neither simple nor easy to walk away from partnerships involving child residential care centers. Recognizing this complexity, the Collaborative is partnering with the ReThink and Faith to Action to offer a supportive workshop for a small gathering of educators. The workshop is for educators involved in campus-community global engagement who wish to ethically step away from partnerships founded years ago with orphanages at the center, and step into other alternatives. Presenters will first review the evidence on the importance of family care and challenges of visiting residential care. Presenters and facilitators will then engage with participants to review how individuals and organizations involved in partnerships from the Global North have responsibly transitioned toward holistic community development partnerships. This is meant to be a supportive community for individuals who are navigating these transitions with care.
On March 30, 2022, the Collaborative was honored to host: Ethical International Partnerships involving Children & Residential Care
Please view the recording along with these related resources:
ReThink Orphanages: www.rethinkorphanages.org
Orphanage Divestment Resources For The Travel And Volunteering Sector: www.rethinkorphanages.org/travel-andvolunteering/orphanage-divestment-resource
Better Care Network Library of Resources: www.bettercarenetwork.org/rethink-orphanages
Faith to Action Initiative: www.faithtoaction.org/engaging-the-churchraising-awareness/
The Love You Give: www.loveyougive.org
Forum on Education Abroad Guidelines for Community Engaged Learning Experiences Abroad
Finally, please consider attending this year's Collaborative Institute at Cornell University, Cultivating Community in Contested Spaces: Considering, reaffirming, and reimagining best practices in community-based global learning, on June 2 and 3. If you're not already on the Collaborative mailing list, you cansign up at the bottom of the webpage.