Dutch government promises action against Dutch pedophiles in foreign countries after the arrest of an orphanage owner in Cambodia.

http://www.terredeshommesnl.org/es/south-america/news/2011/12/21/government-promises-action-against-dutch

Responsible Volunteering Campaign Newsletter #1 January 2002

We now have contact with 49 people want to be a part of this campaign.

The first step is togather evidence – we need examples of cases reported in the local media orwhich have gone to court, where there has been abuse of children in orphanages.

1. Do  internet searches using Google and looking particular at national and local newspapers in countries and cities with which you are familiar: look for stories which report convictions or cases of tourists and volunteers engaging in abuse of children and/or trafficking of children to orphanages to attract tourists
2. Post on travel blog sites like TripAdvisor encouraging people to report cases and to engage in the campaign see for example http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g294311-i818-k4437906-Traveller_Not_Tourist_Volunteer_Work-Peru.html

You can use the text at http://www.irresponsibletourism.info/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=515or write your own

Encourage people to donate to supportConCERT’s work in Cambodia against child abuse.
http://travelpledge.org/2011/12/31/new-project-added-in-cambodia/

3. Publish the links at http://www.irresponsibletourism.info/forum/default.asp?C=6 – the postings are building up

1.      Thenext stage will be to go out to the media – but we fist need a much bigger bodyof evidence that there is a problem

2.      Wealso need to work on the what to do about it pages

Useful links

“MOVES to crack down on British involvement in child sextourism are expected from the Government this month, following the imprisonmentin June of a Swede in his own country, for an offence committed against a boyin Thailand. A clampdown on British-based tourist agents who organise child sextours, an extension of the role of British drug liaison officers based in SouthEast Asia to include child sexual abuse, and more cooperation between Britishand Asian police are possible developments.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/paedophile-tourists-face-crackdown-1589411.html

CHARITY volunteers who worked with Nick Griffin in Cambodia told Wales onSunday of the disturbing behaviour they witnessed.

Griffin abused boys under the age of 15 at the orphanage he set up in SiemReap but was only convicted last week – five years after he founded theinstitution.

Staff who worked alongside Griffin complained about him first in 2008 butthe complaints were never proven and it was not until last year that he wasarrested.

Sally Sayer, regional director of Volunteer Project Overseas, lives in SiemReap and said she had become concerned about 53-year-old Griffin and theorphanage more than a year ago.

She said: “I didn’t have much to do with him at the start, but then inJanuary last year I took over as project manager and I had a huge amount moreto do with him.

Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/03/20/cambodia-paedophile-nick-griffin-accused-of-raping-boy-while-working-in-wales-91466-28368573/3/#ixzz1iW11LVXT

The Code – which specifically focuses on the protection of children from sexual exploitation in the travel and tourism industries – has been signed by almost 1,000 travel industry members worldwide, though few companies in the United States have done so.