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The Aid Supermarket – Humanitarian Organizations (The Humanitarian Industry)

Author(s): Linda Polman
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: humanitarian organizations; humanitarian organizations and mass media; Hutu Tutsi; Goma; Rwanda.

Summary/Abstract: A disturbing essay on the role and activities of the humanitarian organizations that intervene in the world’s crisis zones and whose main motivation is not to help the local population, but to obtain funds through publicity. The case under discussion – the dramatic situation of the Hutu camps after the interethnic conflict in Rwanda.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 10-18
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian