child protection - is it our responsibility - hell yes - to change we must learn - what have people and places responsible volunteering learnt?

1. Winners 2013 World Responsible Tourism Awards
for Campaigning
Finalists Best for Child Protection 2013
Winners Best Volunteering Organisation 2009

2. Child Protection:
our
Responsibility?

4. better child protection

5. better child protection
“It’s a time for change –
absolutely it’s a time for change –
we have to start questioning how and
what we are selling as the volunteer
experience..........
it creates a shared humanity
or it destroys the more vulnerable.
Paul Miedema – Calabash Tours, South Africa

6. better child protection
to change we must

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people and places has learnt
• to be careful about the message
• it’s not just about paedophilia
• good intentions are not enough
• child labour is complex
• there are bad people out there
• we need to work together
• doing the right thing doesn’t always feel right
• if you can’t do it in your own country …

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be careful about the message:
• children are not tourist attractions
• children should not be “packaged”
• photos of cute kids are not helping
• what people and places has learnt:
“working with children” -
that was never our intention

9. better child protection
be careful about the message

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HIGH SCHOOL
change”

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it’s not just about paedophilia
children have rights:
• a child has a right to be safe
• a child has the right to be protected from the
damage of inappropriate bonding
• a child has a right to the better quality of life offered by a
“family” environment
• what people and places learnt: orphanages “sell” better
than “family” – there’s a lot of education to be done

12. better child protection
good intentions are not enough
We must :
• have policies in place
• educate ourselves & those who have contact
with children
• be brave
• work in partnerships
• be self critical
• what people and places has learnt: where’s the
child labour policy!

13. better child protection
good intentions are not enough
www.responsible100.com
“The ultimate measure of responsible business”
• a management tool, performance ranking &
internet platform
• proving responsibility credentials,
not just making claims
• enabling business to balance its pursuit of profit
with the interests of society

14. better child protection
child labour is complex
• a child selling a mango may not be getting an education
• a child working 6 hours a day in the fields may be getting an
education
• a child will miss class to welcome you to their school
• a child dancing with a smile may be a slave
• a child may only gain an education through domestic service
• what people and places has learnt: everywhere we work,
children work – context is all

15. better child protection
there are bad people out there
Some simple rules :
• due diligence is more important than ever
• just because we want to do good doesn’t mean
that others do
• the bad guys are clever
• what people and places has learnt:
codes direct us and protect those we work with

16. better child protection
we need to work together

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What
people and places
has learnt
*
doing the right thing
doesn’t always feel right

18. better child protection
if you cant
do it
in your country
- is it OK to
do it
in someone else’s
country
and the $1 million question

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Child Protection
is our
Responsibility

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resource list
http://www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/
Child Protection Policy http://tinyurl.com/p2r7yge
Child Labour Policy http://tinyurl.com/nqrmrwv
www.responsible100.com
Responsible Travel Orphanage guidelines http://tinyurl.com/nhwff8e
http://www.thinkchildsafe.org
http://www.thecode.org/
https://www.facebook.com/BetterChildProtection
https://www.facebook.com/BetterVolunteering
WTM 2012 – Tourism & Child Protection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PrO3CL6zNk
WTM 2012 – Responsible Volunteering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBYWtAGRNJc
WTM 2013 – Taking Responsibility for Volunteering http://tinyurl.com/ldcqepd
WTM 2013 –where now for child protection http://tinyurl.com/kx28mfps