developing world

War in ‘civilized’ Europe is nothing new. Here’s why white Westerners think otherwise.

By Kathryn Gin Lum — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — Europeans are supposed to be the ones who save ‘heathens’ from their bad behavior.

World Vision faces pandemic’s ‘perfect storm,’ seeks to meet US, global needs

By Adelle M. Banks — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — 'There's a real threat that 30 years of progress in our fight against extreme poverty could be reversed,' World Vision US President Edgar Sandoval Sr. said.

Let’s not laugh (too much) at #SochiProblems: just say ‘no’ to poverty porn

By Rachel Marie Stone — February 10, 2014
At this moment, I’ve been living in one of the poorest countries in the world for one year, three months, and two days. I can’t use the tap water to rinse my toothbrush, much less to drink. All of the water we use must go through a high-quality, Swiss-made ceramic filter. But that’s quite a […]
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