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Charity Detox
Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results | Robert D. Lupton
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The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving. In Toxic Charity, Robert D. Lupton revealed the truth about modern charity programs meant to help the poor and disenfranchised. While charity makes donors feel better, he argued, it often hurts those it seeks to help. At the forefront of this burgeoning yet ineffective compassion industry are American churches, which spend billions on dependency-producing programs, including food pantries. But what would charity look like if we, instead, measured it by its ability to alleviate poverty and needs? That is the question at the heart of Charity Detox. Drawing on his many decades of experience, Lupton outlines how to structure programs that actually improve the quality of life of the poor and disenfranchised. He introduces many strategies that are revolutionizing what we do with our charity dollars, and offers numerous examples of organizations that have successfully adopted these groundbreaking new models. Only by redirecting our strategies and becoming committed to results, he argues, can charity enterprises truly become as transformative as our ideals.
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Panpan

I finished this with a bowl of ramen in Yokohama. Between dinner and the flight to get here, I think I've got maybe 5 of my 24 hours is all :( @24in48

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Wannabe_Quijote
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About to board a plane for Tokyo. Up there, time is relative, so I'm starting my @24in48 now!

scripturient That's a smart move. :) 8y
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Wannabe_Quijote

Starting another book about charity and poverty and giving. I wonder how many angry notes I'll scribble in the margins of this one.

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