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Thursday, October 8, 2015

An alternative to "scholarships"

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As I have said in other posts, many families will not apply for "scholarships" for youth events, no matter what.  It is a matter o...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Toxic Charity #4.5: Making charity less toxic:

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Try to sensitize the group, perhaps through role play, to not making comments that show how much money they have. Such as: “I g...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Toxic Charity #4.4: Making charity less toxic:

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Limit, as much as practical, visually obvious markers of coming from a different cultural or socio-economic group. If the local...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Toxic Charity #4.3: Making charity less toxic:

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Focus on relationships As mentioned (several times) before, some of the best aspects of service projects and mission trips are re...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Toxic Charity #4.2: Making charity less toxic:

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Make sure that what is done and left behind is sustainable One agency had a policy that we could not bring or leave behind a ceme...
Monday, August 31, 2015

Toxic Charity #4.1: Making charity less toxic:

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Work through an agency that understands the local people and situation. Agencies have to be selected carefully. There are three basic c...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Toxic Charity #3.3: The values that come from helping others:

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Relationships!! The interactions between helpers and helped (and the roles kept changing back and forth!) is worth everything. Some of...