Education minister vows to reduce support for overseas orphanages

Australian students can be ‘unwittingly signed up for scam volunteer programs and orphanage tourism’, Birmingham says

The federal government will seek to cut off support to overseas orphanages from Australian schools and universities, as it responds to concerns over widespread exploitation and abuse.

Child rights groups, including the United Nations children’s fund (Unicef), have consistently called on western governments to reduce their financial support for orphanages in developing nations.

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