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Tag Archives: Paternalism in Development

Why “Empowerment” is not really better than “Charity”

Posted on February 19, 2014September 21, 2018 by Solidarity Uganda

“Give a man a fish to feed him for the day” is bad advice, but not for the reasons we like to believe. In the world of nonprofit development initiatives, especially in the international scene, charity has been slammed into the ground in recent years.  Critics of child sponsorship programs, food distribution projects, and all […]

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