Media and aid campaigns
Covering crisis: the return of compassion fatigue
How does compassion fatigue affect aid donations?
Authors:
; Eldis
Publisher:
Eldis News Weblog, 2005
This commentary from an Eldis Editor looks at "compassion fatigue" within the aid industry following a year of intense disaster coverage in the media.
Kemal Dervis, the head of the UN Development Programme referred to compassion fatigue as one of the reasons for a drop in emergency assistance in the South Asian earthquake. This commentary considers how this has affected the level of aid donated and provides links to further information.
