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Volunteering Abroad? Read This Before You Post That Selfie

You may think it's a noble idea to photograph yourself helping poor children in a faraway country. A new campaign has a different perspective.

The campaign, launched this month, offers guidelines and a cheeky video to first-time travelers or young volunteers eager to capture every moment of their vacation or mission on Facebook or Instagram. It was created by Radi-Aid, a project of the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH) that fights stereotypes in aid and development, and by Barbie Savior, an Instagram parody account.

According to the campaigners, the selfie takers may not realize that their posts, from the photo to the caption to the hashtags, can perpetuate stereotypes and rob the subject of dignity or privacy.

A seemingly innocent selfie with African kids, for example, can perpetuate the idea that only Western aid, charity and intervention can "save the world," says Beathe Ogard, president of SAIH in Norway. These children are portrayed as helpless and pitiful, Ogard says, while the volunteer is made out to be the superhero who will rescue them from their misery.

>without being passive aggressive to women

Haven't seen any that were passive-aggressive to women, or “threw women under the bus”.

I think you're projecting. 

You feel positivity toward boys is wrong, and assume it's sexist toward women in some way you can't specify or explain.

Also, you have me blocked and we've never interacted, @whitesaviorcomplex. Either you blocked me pre-emptively because I said something you disagreed with, or you used a blocklist.

Both of those are passive-aggressive.

You hypocrite.

you say that like it’s a bad thing

I remember she tried to crop out a post about how interracial/trans straight ships are important to go "wow this is a bad post. Haha straights are so dumb"

who’s gonna scroll through this tag and go “oh yeah. that’s legit”