I also posted my weekly link review no. 408 last Friday.
Profit orphanages: The human rights crisis that's flying under the radar
As we continue to fight this insidious and sometimes invisible issue, we need to raise awareness of how well-meaning volunteers and donors who continue to support orphanages are inadvertently harming children and families. Orphanages do not offer long-term and sustainable solutions. The time is always right to find ways to safely bring children home to families and communities.
Michelle Oliel for the CNN Freedom Project with an important reminder that orphanage voluntourism and related practices are unfortunately still a thing in #globaldev…
‘Sponsor a child’ schemes attacked for perpetuating racist attitudes
Sherman acknowledges that many large schemes have evolved in recent years to provide benefits to communities, not individuals, while others, such as World Vision, allow the child involvement in choosing a donor. But “tweaking” the model is not enough, she said. (…) The schemes remain a popular and lucrative method of fundraising with international NGOs
Karen McVeigh for the Guardian; child sponsorship remains a complicated issue between fundraising tool, decolonial challenges & the real positive impact it can have on individuals and communities.
Lebanon Economic Monitor, Spring 2021: Lebanon Sinking (to the Top 3)
The Lebanon financial and economic crisis is likely to rank in the top 10, possibly top three, most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century. (…) This illustrates the magnitude of the economic depression that the country is enduring, with sadly no clear turning point on the horizon, given the disastrous deliberate policy inaction.
This new World Bank report may not have a catchy title, but chilling insights into scale of the crisis in Lebanon, a state falling apart as we watch…
Keep in touch & check out these three very different publications, from a 680-page book on Canada’s voluntary sector to a short report on tobacco taxation & the documentation of a a classic speech by the iconic Dag Hammarskjöld (you get expelled from Sweden if you are not a fan ;)!
Tobias
