Not sure if anyone read in Today’s Greenville Paper (The Daily Reporter) but Nick Kristof wrote a commentary on the debate surrounding Greg Mortenson and his books and successes in Afghanistan. Everyone should check it out! I also found it on the NY Times website: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/opinion/21kristof.html?_r=1&ref=nicholasdkristof
I know this is one of our final questions for Women’s Global health, so i dont expect much commentary from our group, but what are everyone else’s thoughts on this? Does a completely accurate story need to be told to promote good deeds? Does it matter if the story has some lacunae? Do you think americans will begin to pull back their funding from organizations working in the middle east or that are similar to Mortenson’s?
also as a sidenote, check out Kristof’s article on sex and human trafficking in america. Very well presented!