Tag: empathy
Camp Nawakwa, hunger, us, and them
Sympathy can lead to pity. It can emphasize people’s perceived weaknesses, making us feel better about ourselves. It can make others the victims and ourselves the heroes. It can fuel “us” vs. “them.”
Titillating TED Talks for Development Folks II
Too many TED talks. Too little time. Here’s some I’ve come across over the last few months to share with how-matters.org readers.
Has aid lost its humanity?
“Development work had become more about systems and structures than the actual lived realities of people,” argues Mette Müller, founder of Best Self Experience. Can important concepts like ’empathy’, ‘understanding’ and ‘compassion’ enter the way we deliver aid?
A Question Resonates
Answers to: “If you personally could do one thing to change “the system” of foreign aid and development assistance, what would you do?” The number and diversity of responses has been overwhelming…and it keeps coming.