DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Child Sponsorship, Devs
10 Mar 2018
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Tuesday: remittances, history of canadian ngo"s: missionaries, history of canadian ngo"s: 1960s, critiques of canadian ngo"s: charity vs solidarity. Thursday: canadian perceptions of foreign aid, grassroots ngos, politics and defunding, ngo"s and securitization, ngo"s and afghanistan. Canadian opinions on ngos and foreign aid: after being told canada"s spending level (0. 28%) vs un target (0. 70%) 46% said foreign aid spending is where it should be. 28% said canada should spend more: 45% of canadians are engaged with ngos in some fashion , 21% donate money to charities/projects, 48% were men and 52% were women. Ngos and development alternatives: ngos as charity : often part of religious or faith based international networks. Activities such as child sponsorship, disaster relief. Critics argue that it can demon the recipient dividing people between deserving and undeserving. Rescue model of development : ngos as social transformation and solidarity . Working as part of networks of citizens, other civil society actors and grass roots movements.
