Wednesday luncheon with Briony Hume, Sunrise Children's Association

Guest Speaker: Briony Hume, Sunrise Children's Association

Help without harm - the challenges of voluntourism 

Adelaide-based Briony Hume has a career in broadcast journalism spanning three decades.  She has worked as a reporter for ABC News and the 7.30 Report, as a story producer in London for the WTN network, and has spent 25 years at the 7 Network as a reporter, producer, presenter and chief of staff.  She currently she works as a presenter on the local lifestyle show SA Weekender.  She has been associated with Sunrise Children’s Association since 2009, serving on the committee from 2015 - 2018.

Briony first travelled to Nepal a decade ago, to volunteer at a children’s home in Kathmandu.  Inspired by the work of Adelaide-born Emma Taylor, she wanted to document and contribute to Emma’s extraordinary mission to give children at risk a better life, an education, and the hope of a productive future through the charity Sunrise Children’s Association Inc.  Since its beginnings in 2004, SCAI has grown to support over 1,000 children in their own communities through education scholarships.  It has given a safe temporary home to dozens of children while working to reconnect them with families and communities they thought they had lost.

Many Australians unwittingly contribute to “orphanages” in Nepal and other developing countries that keep children in poverty and misery, as a way of attracting donations.  It is estimated that 85% of children in so-called “orphanages" in Nepal are not orphans.  Well-meaning foreign visitors may be unaware that they are propping up corrupt businesses that seek to profit by trafficking children or keeping them separated from their homes and families.  Briony will speak about the challenges and rewards of SCAI’s work in Nepal, and how Australians can do their best to make their own impact in developing countries a positive one.  More information about SCAI can be found at www.scai.org.au.

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