Sight-Seeing: Shame, grace and #STOPtheSTEAL
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the “stories we traffic in” play an important role in shaping how we see ourselves…
Enough poor children: Africans call for diversity in aid campaigns
Thomson Reuters Foundation Communities that benefit from aid want international charities to move beyond pictures of poor children and show a more balanced view of Africa, a study showed on Friday. People in six African countries were asked to evaluate images used in campaigns by major charities including Oxfam, UNICEF and Save the Children. Most […]
Nine out of 10 of Australians associate homelessness with “rough sleeping”, survey finds, but the reality is far more complex
Nine out of 10 Australians associate homelessness with someone sleeping on the streets and seven out of 10 with someone living in their car but just two out of 10 with people sleeping on the floor of a friend’s place and less than one out of 10 with people staying in a tent or caravan […]