Here’s an interesting graphic outlining a “taxonomy” of the much discussed practice of “poverty tourism”. Update: Aaron Ausland, the author, has recently updated the graphic which i think added some context and made it more meaningful.
Read more here…
The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA)
is a regional partnership of eleven social development networks and organisations in eleven Asian nations that envisions Asian rural communities that are just, free, prosperous, living in peace and working in solidarity towards self-reliance. Tracing its history from the founding workshop on the development of human resources in rural areas in 1974 in Swanganiwas, Thailand, the DHRRA network’s mission is to be an effective promoter and catalyst of partnership relations, facilitator of human resource development processes in the rural areas and mobilizer of expertise and opportunities for the strengthening of solidarity and kinship among Asian rural communities.
It is dedicated to the empowerment of farmers in the Asian region.
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Asiadhrra is:
– An affiliate of ASEAN
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– A member of AgriCord
– Member of World Rural Forum
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Thanks for posting the graphic, I want to let you know that there is an updated version available now: Poverty Tourism Taxonomy 2.0 at http://stayingfortea.org/2010/08/27/poverty-tourism-taxonomy-2-0/
thanks too. will update the graphic.