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October 24th, 2010 - 6:35 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Pity, Pictures and Poverty

Is fundraising using ‘pitiful’ images justified if charitable organizations use the money effectively? Duncan McNicholl, founder of the "Perspectives of Poverty" project, responds on how-matters.org.[...]

Tags: aid workers, AidWatch, Australian Broadcasting Company, Boston Globe, charity, compassion, Darfur, dehumanizing images, dependency, Duncan McNicholl, engineering, Engineers Without Borders Canada, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Free Range Studios, fundraising, humanity, integrity, international aid, international development, Maclean’s Magazine, Malawi, National Public Radio, New York Post, photography, pity, poverty, poverty porn, power dynamics, racism, refugees, solidarity, Sudan, Water Wellness, YouTopia 9 Comments

July 5th, 2010 - 6:13 pm § in Good Practice

How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 1 of 3

As resourced outsiders, when we meet with suffering people, we create high expectations, in them and in ourselves. Or we feel completely helpless in not being able to offer enough and in so doing may even reinforce feelings of hopelessness.[...]

Tags: CDRA, community-based organizations, development assistance, expectations, foreign aid, grassroots organizations, honesty, hopelessness, humanity, integrity, international aid, international development, listening, local ownership, local resources, suffering, The Barefoot Guide 1 Comment

June 28th, 2010 - 6:02 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

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.[...]

Tags: academia, accountability, aid flows, alternatives, beneficiaries, California, compassion, dependency, deregulation, development assistance, donors, economic development, education, empathy, evaluation, foreign aid, girl child, Global North, Global South, good governance, grassroots organizations, hope, humanity, inequality, international aid, international development, love, microcredit, militarization, monitoring, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, raw inputs, red tape, U.N., United Nations, unity, women 3 Comments

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Posts Tagged ‘humanity’

Pity, Pictures and Poverty

How to build strong relationships with grassroots organizations, Part 1 of 3

A Question Resonates

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