The idea of visiting foreign countries to experience the landscape, people and culture is not new. Travellers, often with good intentions, want to “give back” and “do good”, and at the same time get more deeply involved in the culture of the foreign country. This paved the way for charities and travel companies to offer experiences teaching at schools, volunteering at orphanages and building infrastructure for local communities. Despite the good intentions, there are many risks attached to volunteering or visiting orphanages unwittingly creating a worse environment for those they are trying to help. Children should not be in institutions in the first place, as 80% of children in institutions globally have a living parent, and are not orphans. While children in institutions desperately need support to return to and grow up with their families, international funding and international volunteers are prolonging separation and abuse. Foreigners pay significant sums to have the opportunity to “help” orphans providing an incentive for orphanages to recruit more children. While most volunteers have good intentions, although unaware of the harm they cause, some individuals and groups target orphanages for visits with the purpose of sexually abusing or exploiting children. Countries with a high number of orphanages usually have inadequate monitoring of orphanages in place, and therefore such individuals and groups have easy access to already vulnerable children. Sadly, we have seen abuse in orphanages increasing significantly.