Poverty isn’t always a jumble of appalling statistics. Sometimes there
are names, faces and stories to the numbers. It’s a cousin who’s
finished high school but doesn’t have enough money to job hunt. It’s
a colleague whose hand to mouth living still only gets her through half
the month because her salary is just not enough. It’s a grandfather
who worked for decades and got a retirement package so paltry he
can’t pay his monthly bills.
When people you know and love are behind the data of impoverishment,
it can be hard to determine how to help. It can be even harder
to settle on how much to help without compromising on your own
quality of life.
In We Need More Tables, Norma Young provides guidance on how
to find a balance between alleviating poverty and yet maintaining a
measure of the privilege one may have been born with. By exploring
assumptions such as the myth of hard work and the fallacy of meritocracy,
as well as historical methodologies of philanthropy in Africa, and
suggesting the practice of impactful altruism – such as paying a living
wage, building a solidarity economy or choosing regenerative investing
– she shares an outline of how those with privilege can play a role
in social justice.
Drawing on indigenous knowledge – fables, proverbs and learnings
from African academics – We Need More Tables presents a framework
of what is required to bring more of our communities to participate
at the tables where decisions are made.
Norma Young’s insightful book provides us with realistic and practical
ways of moving towards eradicating poverty in South Africa.
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