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Aid work: an insult to the poor? - poem

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A Zimbabwean aid worker shares his reflections on the NGO sector through a poem

Decades ago, I heard life was simple and it was so
Where there was need, a hand would help
Where there was a tear, a heart would ache
Willing hands and hearts would meet the lack
Charity they called it, for it was so
Now an industry of sorts – an insult to the poor

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