What is Care Reform?
Care reform is the process of transitioning from institutional care for children towards family and community-based care. Having worked...
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Martin Punaks
- Oct 2, 2020
Fear and Loathing in Las Virus: Covid-19 as an opportunity for international development
At a time when many of us are getting used again to renewed restrictions to curb a rise in Covid-19, I have been intrigued by the...
Martin Punaks
- Apr 14, 2020
After Covid 19: how can we shape a new world?
In early March, as the enormity of the Covid 19 crisis became clear in the UK, I wrote an article about the abnormal becoming the new...
Martin Punaks
- Mar 16, 2020
Covid 19: when the abnormal becomes the new normal
If there is one thing that everyone in the whole entire planet would agree on, right now, it is that the world has gone totally crazy in...
Martin Punaks
- Mar 6, 2020
The Orphan Myth: the global movement to end institutionalisation
"Helping orphans and supporting orphanages is almost synonymous with what it means to be compassionate. At least this is the perception...
Martin Punaks
- Feb 28, 2020
Revolution: the case for more compassionate activism
John Lennon’s Revolution John Lennon’s song, Revolution, was released by the Beatles in 1968 to much controversy. The song was Lennon’s...
Martin Punaks
- Jan 17, 2020
International Volunteering: can it be done ethically?
© KickStart Ghana This blog was published on the LSE Careers website on 17 January 2020. It considers how, with so many ethical...
Martin Punaks
- Dec 6, 2019
Learning Service: The Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad - A Book Review
Learning Service claims it is radically changing the assumptions and practices of international volunteering, and Noam Chomsky describes...
Martin Punaks
- Dec 4, 2019
The Orphanage Voluntourism Campaign: is the end-game in sight?
This blog was published on the Learning Service platform on the 26 November 2019. It summarises the history of the orphanage voluntourism...
Martin Punaks
- Nov 11, 2019
WTM 2019: reflections from a child protection tourist at the world’s largest travel event
Glamour, excitement and pride The World Travel Market in London brings together 51,000 travel professionals from around the world and is...
Martin Punaks
- Nov 4, 2019
Beyond Orphanage Visits: what are the responsible alternatives?
This blog post was originally published on the Responsible Tourism Partnership website on 30 October 2019 as part of the lead up to the...