Most of us have seen that amazing and terrible story and slideshow in the New York Times depicting child malnutrition in India. I'm not an expert on the subject, but a couple people have asked me where they should donate.
I've asked around, talked to some Indian colleagues at work and they recommended the Child in Need Institute (CINI).
There you can "Adopt a Mother" to help keep her child healthy, and they seem to put a high priority on birth weight, nutrition and developmental stata.
If anyone out there has other suggestions, please feel free to contribute.
Also, this brings up an interesting point for me (admittedly not the most poignant point on a piece about child malnutrition.)
But...a friend of a friend wrote a letter to the editor at the New York Times, telling them they are missing a huge opportunity to solicit funds for organizations like CINI, by pulling at people's heartstrings and giving them no outlet by which they could alleviate the sadness inspired by the story.
Wouldn't that be against the journalist's code of ethics? But then, isn't that a weird code of ethics that stops organizations in need from getting valuable funds to feed starving children? And do you guys see that changing as journalism adapts to the web - and to the 21st century?
Also, this brings up an interesting point for me (admittedly not the most poignant point on a piece about child malnutrition.)
But...a friend of a friend wrote a letter to the editor at the New York Times, telling them they are missing a huge opportunity to solicit funds for organizations like CINI, by pulling at people's heartstrings and giving them no outlet by which they could alleviate the sadness inspired by the story.
Wouldn't that be against the journalist's code of ethics? But then, isn't that a weird code of ethics that stops organizations in need from getting valuable funds to feed starving children? And do you guys see that changing as journalism adapts to the web - and to the 21st century?
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