In the News: “Reductive Seduction” in Creating Meaning from Others’ Lives
One of the issues that The CIHA Blog contends with is the problematic argument that people are just trying to “do good,” that their motives are genuine, that any problem […]
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Reconceptualizing Charity: The Problem with Philanthropy and “Effective Altruism” by the World’s Wealthiest People
by Cecelia Lynch
As 2015 drew to a close, my inbox became more and more crowded with requests for donations from religious and non-religious groups, begging anew a central question posed […]
In the News: On Charity Advertising
posted by Carrie Reiling
In an article for Pambazuka, “All that glitters is not gold,” Daniel Bendix critically examines the recent winners of the Golden Radiator Award and
A Personal Perspective on Humanitarian Aid from a CIHA Blog Editorial Assistant
by Edwin Asa Adjei
“Aid” connotes generosity, beneficence, advocacy, support, humanitarianism, and a variety of other positive, if not altruistic, intents. Rhetorically, this word is very powerful. But behind it are […]
In the News: Aid Satire and Aid Tourism
Two recent opinion articles in Al Jazeera America explore two aspects of aid to the African continent, one potentially the flip side of the other.
The first, “When NGOs attack!“ […]
In the News: An Expression of Agency
“Kibera: Hope and human dignity rising in the slums of Africa,” published in the Daily Maverick, is an expression of the agency from the grassroots – a subversion of […]
In the News: International NGOs at Risk?
Is funding bypassing NGOs from the U.S. and Europe and going directly to organizations based in the Global South? This is one of the theories described in a Guardian […]
In the News: Poverty is a Moral Problem
The interview with William Easterly in Christianity Today raises important issues around morality, aid, and the rights of people who are supposed to benefit from aid. While Easterly has […]