by Vincent Byrne

I remember several years ago being in a parish with two young Rwandan Students who had survived the genocide and were in refugee camps when they were under 10 years old. They were very positive and hopeful for the future.

It was strange then to discover one thing that they did find concerning, and that was ‘The Wee Box’ provided by SCIAF. They saw the fact that poverty was so explicitly identified with black faces as reinforcing of stereotypes, stereotypes that white aid agencies use to commodify aid.