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“Here was Christianity’s key role in colonization, captured in a 3″ x 1″ (7.5 cm x 2.5 cm) photo card.”
“Here was Christianity’s key role in colonization, captured in a 3″ x 1″ (7.5 cm x 2.5 cm) photo card.”
Listen or read my conversation with Kurien Thomas on his podcast, SeroTunein, a day after the attack on the U.S. capitol.
A review of a cautionary memoir of a young Australian woman’s tumultuous mission to save orphans in Cambodia.
Once people decide to be outward facing, concerned about the suffering in the world and wanting to express their sense of responsibility to others, how can we invite and support them to also transform themselves?
Is the integration of the voluntourism industry with wider development efforts is worth pursuing?
This and other lessons learned when traveling abroad as an international do-gooder
With Band Aid 30 controversy in the news, a so-called moron’s observations seem pretty insightful.
3 places where my voice in #globaldev discussions have appeared lately
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Humanitarians of Tinder’s photos must be worth so much more.
What should employers do when they come across voluntourism experience on a resume? (A more and more frequent phenomenon)
Sharing a selection from the December 2011 issue of The Sun Magazine that may be familiar to folks who have lived and traveled abroad, “First Empty Your Cup” by Andrew Boyd.
Link to my interview in The Displaced Nation: “RANDOM NOMAD: Jennifer Lentfer, International Aid Consultant, Writer & Blogger”
Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? Rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.
Trust is regularly cited as a critical factor in effective aid organizations and is seen as essential for partnerships. But all too often trust is mentioned as if it can simply be designed, imposed and managed.