Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Misguided Humanitarian Aid



Click HERE to read an interesting critique and thought provoking pictures regarding the West's often misguided desire to help the developing world.

I have seen too many of these pictures in person and wondered about the usefulness and potential harm of even well-intentioned efforts and donations. However, the one that takes the cake for me in this critique are the clowns sent to help kids with PTSD. In my experience, clowns only cause or aggravate PTSD! They are plain weird and scary! (I may have run away and helped hide my little brother from clowns many times while spending days/nights at Childrens Hospital)

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