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“How Do We Break Out of Pity?”: Reframing Children as Philanthropic Citizens

NonProfit Quarterly

Dr. Alison Body, head of impact and research at the UK environmental charity Global Action Plan , and until recently a lecturer in philanthropic studies at the University of Kent , also urges a shift toward solidarityand much greater recognition of childrens agency. So, she wondered, how do we break out of this pity?