[lbo-talk] "Tools for poor at NYC museum show"

[B.]

>From Associated Press article:

"Instead of advocating aid giveaways with uncertain
results, these socially conscious designers hew to the
profit motive and sell their products to the poor.
They say their strategy fosters dignity, not
dependence, and ensures sustainability."

Below is a picture accompanying this heartwarming
story; the pic shows a poor person using a device
that, in order to preserve her dignity, was not given
to her for free. It's a bulky straw for drinking from
muddy, stagnant water.

And, damn, it look dignified, alright!

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070504/480/d54e2a09a2a848c7ba2e0e1f377bf141


-B.