This documentary film will give you a crash course on all the contemporary issues of international development, while reinforcing the "walk a mile in their shoes" ideology that we champion.
Listen to Michael Matheson Miller, Director-Producer of Poverty Inc. discuss the underlying problems that persist in our societies today. Are you asking the right question? Do we collectively need reevaluate our perceptions? Our actions?
After decades of research, he shares (13:54): "Poverty is deeply complex. The first question we always ask is 'why is there poverty?' But the better question is, 'how do people create prosperity in their own families and their own communities?'...People in the developing world are poor because they are excluded from the institutions of justice, lack clear title to land, the ability to register a business, and the ability to have free exchange."
"The West has made itself the protagonist of development, giving rise to a multibillion dollar poverty industry. From TOMs Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. food aid, the film challenges each of us to ask the tough question: Could I be part of the problem? "
(from povertyinc.org)
NPR Feature TED Radio Hour: "Have & Have-Nots"
We can learn so much from those who have gone before us. Many vast approaches to international development, alongside schemes big and small to address our various poverties, have failed time and time again. In this program, the speakers share about the lessons they learned and continue to learn in their respective disciplines and experiences. Their perspectives help us to learn best practices for "helping" others thousands of miles away or in our own backyard.
When Helping Hurts:
How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself
(Corbett & Fikkert, 2009)
Hailed as the best book out there on serving the local and global poor, When Helping Hurts starts with the premise 'good intentions are not enough' and takes the reader on a heartfelt, thought-provoking journey, asking questions like "who are the poor?", "should we do relief, rehabilitation, or development?", and "how can we help people effectively here and abroad?"
Perhaps best read in group-study fashion, this book will challenge you academically, emotionally, and even spiritually. It calls all of us to wake up to the realities of the "majority world" and admit that our own brokenness is intrinsically linked to how we must relate to and walk alongside the poor.
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