Human beings, on the whole, want to help each other. But why? And why does it sometimes fail, or not materialise, or make things worse? Why does it sometimes benefit the helper more than whoever they’re supposed to be helping?

What can we learn from the diverse fields of psychology, philanthropy, development aid, activism, community, volunteering, and others, about how to help better?  

This blog draws on my own experience as a journalist covering international aid and social enterprise, as a student of philanthropy, and as a writer/editor helping charities to communicate their work, as well as time spent volunteering, training and mentoring. And of course, as a human who has often failed to ask for help when it was needed, and failed to give help when it was needed. 

It’s a work in progress. Thanks for reading!

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I’m Anna (also known on WordPress as patushka – the profile name I created when I started my first blog back in the 2000s…).

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