Meet 4 Kenyan Women Who Wish You Would Keep Your ‘Poverty Porn’ To Yourself

Too many ads for charities use what I call “poverty porn” to get at viewers’ wallets for hefty donations. Depressing music, sad-eyed children, starving animals … the list goes on. But who wants to be pitied!? Here’s to respecting people, not pitying them.

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Jul 24, 2013

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