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Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Why We Fail At Helping Others

by Robin Boon Peng Low
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True aid: Engage, empower, and make sustainable.

If you're someone who deeply cares about making a difference and not just the act of giving, this book is an eye-opener. It challenges the conventional approaches to aid and underscores the importance of engaging local communities to achieve sustainability in helping others. It's a compelling read that may reshape your understanding of true impact and community involvement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Why We Fail At Helping Others

by Robin Boon Peng Low
$22.90 Now $17.90 Save 22%
ISBN: 9789813200579
Authors: Robin Boon Peng Low
Publisher: Ws Professional
Date of Publication: 2016-12-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Sociology
Related Topics: Psychology, Social Issues, Leadership, Social Justice, Personal Development, Poverty
Goodreads rating: 2.67
(rated by 3 readers)

Description

Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes. But help is on its way as news channels and social media relay the information to all corners of the globe in real-time, mobilizing hundreds of people and organizations to aid. Yet, with standard relief packages regardless of the location, and a lack of effort taken to match volunteers' skills with tasks, just how effective are we at helping others? Many people want to do good, but they like to do it at their convenience. These attempts at helping often fail, and the blame invariably falls on the disaster victims, rather than looking at the suitability of aid provided. Such help, offered without a thorough understanding of the context or the impact of actions, can create situations that leave the victims worse off than before. So how can we create real sustainable impact? Most communities have a lot of unused human capacity. When offering help, many aid providers fail to engage the local communities, thus excluding a critical group of people with the knowledge of local ways and needs. This book elaborates on a simple principle essential to effective aid -- Never Engage, Enable, Empower and Connect. It is important that we fully understand the problem before we try to solve it, and who better to help us with solutions than the local community?
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True aid: Engage, empower, and make sustainable.

If you're someone who deeply cares about making a difference and not just the act of giving, this book is an eye-opener. It challenges the conventional approaches to aid and underscores the importance of engaging local communities to achieve sustainability in helping others. It's a compelling read that may reshape your understanding of true impact and community involvement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.