Stephen Ucembe and Ruth Wacuka grew up in "orphanages" despite having parents. Their story is true of 80-90% of children living in orphanages and children's homes: they have a living parent. Well-meaning and good-intentioned people like you and I keep children's homes and orphanages in business by volunteering there, patronizing them and contributing money and resources to their work, often rather than supporting vulnerable families. In today's show, Stephen and Ruth share what it was like to grow up in an institution and what they are doing to help end orphanage tourism - and how we can join them in their pursuit of justice for families and children. In Nairobi, you can channel your support towards the following organizations who support families: Kenya Society of Care Leavers: https://www.kesca.org/ Shining Hope for Communities: https://www.shofco.org/ Dignitas: https://dignitasproject.org/ Food 4 Education: https://food4education.org/ To learn more about the problem of orphanage tourism, you can go to: https://www.helpingnothelping.org/ https://rethinkorphanages.org/resources https://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/program-areas/youth/changing-the-way-we-care Dan Adachi ([email protected])recorded and edited this episode. The Up/Root jingle was written and performed by Selah Piper.

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