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Here & There Podcast S02E27 - The Problem With Poverty - July 2, 2016
In Robert Lupton's book, Toxic Charity, Lupton has strong things to say to materially rich #Christians about #money, #power, and #dependency. Two statistics from his book include:
* #Africa
has received $1 trillion in benevolent aid in the last 50 years, and
per capita income is now lower, life expectancy has stagnated, and adult
literacy is lower.
* U.S. missions teams who rushed to #Honduras to help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Mitch spent on average $30,000 per home—homes locals could have built for $3,000 each.
No one wants to think their generosity hurts people, but books like
Dead Aid and When Helping Hurts have alerted us to the problem. So what
is going on? The answer is complex and involves issues of basic
economics, power, dependency, and bad motives.
In the Season 2 penultimate episode of the Here & There Podcast, I sit down with Mark Crocker of STMLeader.com to talk #relief, #development, #ownership, #partnership, #simplesolutions and #doingnoharm. Comments and discussion is both welcomed and encouraged!
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By m@ and šelIn Robert Lupton's book, Toxic Charity, Lupton has strong things to say to materially rich #Christians about #money, #power, and #dependency. Two statistics from his book include:
* #Africa
has received $1 trillion in benevolent aid in the last 50 years, and
per capita income is now lower, life expectancy has stagnated, and adult
literacy is lower.
* U.S. missions teams who rushed to #Honduras to help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Mitch spent on average $30,000 per home—homes locals could have built for $3,000 each.
No one wants to think their generosity hurts people, but books like
Dead Aid and When Helping Hurts have alerted us to the problem. So what
is going on? The answer is complex and involves issues of basic
economics, power, dependency, and bad motives.
In the Season 2 penultimate episode of the Here & There Podcast, I sit down with Mark Crocker of STMLeader.com to talk #relief, #development, #ownership, #partnership, #simplesolutions and #doingnoharm. Comments and discussion is both welcomed and encouraged!