Is “poverty porn” making a comeback?
September 30, 2015
In NPR’s Goats & Soda blog today, Thousand Currents’ Director of Communications Jennifer Lentfer was quoted in the story, “At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?”

Are exploitative photos of the poor creeping back into nonprofit fundraising? It’s not a tactic Thousand Currents will use, because, as Jennifer says,
People in developing countries are not incapable or passively awaiting rescue… Poverty, conflict, disasters, injustice is heart-breaking, but it doesn’t mean people are victims.
Read the full article here and follow the discussion on Twitter at #DevPix.
*Thousand Currents changed its name from IDEX in 2016
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