I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
We live in a world where action is what counts.
Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart.
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
It's great to see countries like China and India lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty by essentially copying Western ways of doing things.
Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.
Of course we need action, but it should be Just action.