“MINE!” We have all been around the siblings fighting over the last piece of cake. In fact, we’ve been those kids. It doesn’t take long to realize that generosity and “sharing” have to be taught. Eventually we grow up aRead more…
Educating Donors
In this reflection on child sponsorship, Vinoth Ramachandra argues that child sponsorship ’is a near-perfect marketing strategy for raising funds.’ However child sponsorship exaggerates the importance of donors over that of the local people providing the care and training on theRead more…
The ethics of child sponsorship
Steve Holmes lecturer in theology at St Mary’s College, St Andrews, Scotland wrote this very interesting blog on the ethics of child sponsorship. He argues that there is ’something deeply Christian about child sponsorship as a mode of delivering aid andRead more…