Rethinking ‘Good Intentions’ With Ivan Illich in the Holiday Season
Given that this is the season for giving, today we repost an address by Ivan Illich to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASPJ) in Cuernevaca, Mexico, on April […]
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In The News: Holiday Thoughts about “Good Intentions” / Les nouvelles: Consacrés les vacances à l’intention « des bonnes actions »
In the recent article, “How new global charities are beating ‘faith-based organizations’ at their own game,” Allison Schnable describes how many Americans are surpassing the […]
In the News: Not Again! Another White Savior in Africa
Late last week, The Telegraph published an article by Louise Linton, “How my dream gap year in Africa turned into a nightmare,” where she wrote about her year volunteering […]
Re-framing Representations of Aid
by Kathryn Mathers
When FRAMED, a documentary film in the making about the relationship between aid and Africa, ran its successful Kickstarter campaign over the summer 2014, we were […]
In the News: Why Volunteer Abroad?
posted by Tanya Schwarz
A recent Op-Doc, titled “An African’s Message for America,” directed by Cassandra Herrman for The New York Times, follows Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan activist and photojournalist, […]