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Vetting Partner Organizations and Projects |
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Filed Under: 7. Prioritize child safety
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- Are proper child-safety rules a priority when vetting partner organizations?
- Have the emotional/psychological effects of rotating short term care and interaction been assessed?
- Does the organization allow any unannounced foreigner to visit its projects and interact with the children?
- Based on the amount of support coming to the organization, do the children seem to be well taken care of to the best of the staff's abilities? (Are there any signs that children are kept “looking poor” to attract more support?)
- Will a staff member of the organization always be present when volunteers are interacting with children? (What will the volunteer to local staff ratio be?)
- Are children required to entertain or perform for visiting guests? (If so, how often? What do these performances entail? Can it be viewed as another form of child labor?)
- For long term visitors: are background and reference checks required?
- For short term visitors: are the guests monitored at all times and never allowed to be alone with a child?
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