Moving day: An aid analogy
What does it feel like to be a citizen on the receiving end of international aid? An analogy to try to help international do-gooders understand.
What does it feel like to be a citizen on the receiving end of international aid? An analogy to try to help international do-gooders understand.
How many times had I been him? Just wanting to get through to the next stage to achieve those ever-elusive results? Demonstrating my own ignorance and intolerance? Wreaking havoc and unleashing anger as a result?
“He pushed me out into the aisle, where I stood, shoeless, feeling ashamed, and fighting hard not to cry.” Sharing a poignant personal story from the pages of The Sun Magazine on the experience of being at the receiving end of help.
How many times had I been him? Just wanting to get through to the next stage to achieve those ever-elusive results? Demonstrating my own ignorance and intolerance? Wreaking havoc and unleashing anger as a result?
Aid recipients “are more concerned about ‘how’ assistance is provided than how much is given.” Initial findings from The Listening Project, a systematic exploration of the insights of people who live in societies that have been on the recipient end of international assistance efforts.