{"id":1915,"date":"2011-08-10T18:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/au\/2011\/08\/10\/book-review-helping-hurts\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T18:21:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T18:21:52","slug":"book-review-helping-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/ap\/2011\/08\/10\/book-review-helping-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: When Helping Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">AIM\u2019s short-term program has now listed a new book as \u201cessential reading\u201d before people undertake short-term ministry in Africa: \u201cWhen helping Hurts \u2014 How to\u00a0alleviate poverty without hurting the poor \u2026 and yourself.\u201d By Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert (Publisher:Moody, 2009).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This book takes a good hard look at our motivation and actions in trying to help the poor. While it is written as a direct challenge to the North American church it is appropriate for Australians and others seeking to make a real difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The book challenges many things including the poison of paternalism. \u201cAvoid paternalism &#8211; Do not do things for people that they can do for themselves.\u201d The book explores paternalism in spiritual things; in knowledge; in labour and managerial skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The book throws a direct challenge to those who might try and help by giving money or other resources that may stop or discourage people &#8211; the poor &#8211; from using their own individual and communal skills and other resources to solve their own problems. Are we robbing local people of God\u2019s blessing by not letting them help each other?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The book is structured with reflection questions and exercises to help readers digest and assimilate their own learnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">AIM Australian short-termers to Namibia in 2010, Richard and Carolyn Goldney, found the book helped change their lives and outlook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Carolyn writes: \u201cA great book! I really recommend it to anyone who is interested in supporting missions, missionaries or doing mission work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cSo many of us believe money will solve the poverty cycle. We are learning how some of it is beyond the control of the impoverished but much of it is really tied to world view, self-esteem and broken relationship with God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cThis book and a conference on transformational development made us have a good, long, hard look at the benefits and issues of short-term mission. We were taught about the importance of going into a community and first finding out about their assets, not their needs!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This book is available from book stores including: www.bookdepository.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">August 2011<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIM\u2019s short-term program has now listed a new book as \u201cessential reading\u201d before people undertake short-term ministry in Africa: \u201cWhen helping Hurts \u2014 How to\u00a0alleviate poverty without hurting the poor \u2026 and yourself.\u201d By Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert (Publisher:Moody, 2009). 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