Our focus with the [Gloria Estefan] foundation has always been to help the many individuals whose challenges have fallen through the cracks of the traditional charitable organizations.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The foundation focuses on helping individuals who have been overlooked by traditional charitable organizations.
- In plain terms
- The foundation helps people that regular charities miss.
- What can you take from it?
- Effective aid targets those left out by existing systems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who gets left out of aid?
- How do you define effective charity?
Another view
Traditional orgs may not always be the least effective.
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