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    What is Care Reform?
    Martin Punaks
    • Apr 29, 2021

    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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    Fear and Loathing in Las Virus: Covid-19 as an opportunity for international development
    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...
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    After Covid 19: how can we shape a new world?
    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...
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    Covid 19: when the abnormal becomes the new normal
    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...
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    The Orphan Myth: the global movement to end institutionalisation
    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...
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    Revolution: the case for more compassionate activism
    Martin Punaks
    • Feb 28, 2020

    Revolution: the case for more compassionate activism

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    International Volunteering: can it be done ethically?
    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...
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    Learning Service: The Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad - A Book Review
    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...
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    The Orphanage Voluntourism Campaign: is the end-game in sight?
    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...
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    WTM 2019: reflections from a child protection tourist at the world’s largest travel event
    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...
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    Beyond Orphanage Visits: what are the responsible alternatives?
    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...
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