A charitable retreat reveals the limitations of celebrity activism Daniel Trilling
Pick a humanitarian emergency in any part of the world, and the needs will seem remarkably consistent. Once people have escaped immediate danger, they need food, shelter, clothing and medical assistance – the things, in other words, that sustain us physically. The most pressing questions are about how to source the items and services required, and how to distribute them effectively.
What determines whether an emergency is resolved quickly or allowed to persist, however, is politics. And if you want to
