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Humanitarian insider reveals unsavory truths
By KPLU
Credit Julien Harneis / Flickr
It's not enough to just get your hands dirty when trying to help the poor, says one insider.
An anonymous humanitarian expert with years in the field writes about the things more “ordinary people” should understand about humanitarian aid:
"There’s always some woman at the Christmas party who, once she discovers what I do for a living, wants to talk my ear off about some awful idea she has about how to help poor children in El Salvador or Cambodia."
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