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Real Bronx Assholes

vcthree wrote 2 days ago: Oliver Smith, The Telegraph: Last week a journalist from the New York Post joined one of the tours, … more →

Tags: News, Social, Travel, Assholes, bronx

Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat: human zoo?

smritimodi wrote 1 month ago: The ‘open air laundry’ at Mahalaxmi has long been popular among foreign tourists looking for a piece … more →

Tags: Touristee, Mumbai Mornings, dhobi ghat, Mahalaxmi

Poverty pimps.2 comments

Jenna Jay Lange wrote 2 months ago: Not sure if I am the only one but I feel an overriding sense of nausea that a term like “pover … more →

Tags: Controversial, poor, South Africa, West

Why Teams?

bridginghope wrote 4 months ago: A team member from the Danish team helping to replaster SiyaZama creche. The team worked with the cr … more →

Tags: Short-Term Missions, linking communities, cross-culture

Excursions to Africa1 comment

White People HQ wrote 4 months ago: There are so many charities that offer trips to Africa. To understand how they market themselves you … more →

Tags: For Your Information, Satire, white people, Fanon, NGOism, Whiteman's burden, trips to africa, Exotic Africa, exoticization

Review: Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay’s Dance Bars (2010)

paratelos wrote 5 months ago: By Cain Pinto I distrust biographical studies that soak in too much psychographic subtlety, as much … more →

Tags: Art, ethics, humanism, Ideology, media, Polemics, Reviews, Biography, Culture

Poverty Tourism1 comment

bridginghope wrote 7 months ago: (It’s my weekend off this week, so rather than writing, I am going to post an AMAZING article … more →

Tags: Short-Term Missions, proper perspective

The Revolt of the Pitied

Ken Opalo wrote 7 months ago: Development assistance and general engagement between the West and the developing world is often lad … more →

Tags: Africa, poverty porn, pourism, Objectification of Africans, the guardian, NYU Development Research Institute, Magatte Wade, revolt of the pitied

#234 ~ Ithemba Projects: Day 1

Kéhindè wrote 9 months ago: This is neither a disclaimer nor a spoiler but rather a forewarning. In taking up the challenge to w … more →

Tags: ithemba, Fear, Love, South Africa, compassion, iThemba Projects, durban, Sweetwater's, HIV/AIDS

Mandela Day2 comments

amandazimmerman wrote 10 months ago: “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the … more →

Tags: Volunteering, Nelson Mandela, Mandela Day, volunteering-2, facepaint

Examining Short Term Missions - Part 2

Brandon Stiver wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday I opened up a conversation about short term missions and some of our blind spots and short … more →

Tags: Missions, Short-Term Missions, Africa, fundraising, India

Poverty Tourism

adreyopoetry wrote 1 year ago: Poverty tourism Is best undertaken Leaving your soul And wallet Behind. … more →

Tags: Kolkata, humour, poverty, conscience

Mary Knox Merrill on Visual Journalism

emilycassel wrote 1 year ago: Mary Knox Merrill visited our Reinventing the News class on Thursday to talk about her experiences s … more →

Tags: Assignments, Northeastern University, Mary Knox Merrill, Christian Science Monitor, visual journalism, gorilla habitats

My Humanitarian Dilemma 2 comments

Curious and Confused wrote 1 year ago: I heard the term ‘poverty tourism’ long before I went to Tanzania. I didn’t want t … more →

Tags: Africa, Life, Tanzania 2010, Tanzania, Volunteering

Poverty Tourism3 comments

otherguysdime wrote 1 year ago: (This article first appeared on June 30, 2010. I thought it was interesting enough to warrant a … more →

Tags: Working Vacation, Motivation, Benefits, overseas work, Immersion Travel, Cultural Experiences, Working Abroad, Kenya, Kibera

Analysis of Residents Attitude...1 comment

jldimayuga wrote 1 year ago: I want to be of great help to the students so I am posting the abstract of my thesis. To those who w … more →

Tags: slum tourism, slum, Smokey Mountain, Residents’ Attitude, poorism

Snapshots of Suffering2 comments

Chris wrote 1 year ago: Lush vegetation creeps onto the roads wherever it’s permitted to do so. Tired political posters ador … more →

Tags: Hope International, Microfinance, monthly musings, Microloans, Dominican Republic, microcredit, Dignity, Zephaniah 3:17

Global Health News Last Week

Jessica wrote 2 years ago: May 12 was International Nurses Day. USAID’s Frontlines magazine is running an exclusive inter … more →

Tags: News, malaria, Who?, Pakistan, Nigeria, Margaret Chan, UNICEF, Tom Paulson, China

Slum tourism

emiliecrossley wrote 2 years ago: The highly successful Destination Slum! conference, which took place earlier this month at UWE, has … more →

Tags: Conference, slum tourism


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