5.4 Million Items

Activism, Meet Impact.

English - February 26, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 2.64 MB
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During my treadmill run on Sunday afternoon, I watched a few episodes of The Office. Between scenes, I saw a commercial that boldly claimed that Amazon has given 5.4 million items to victims of natural disasters.

I’m not an expert on humanitarian aid– but something about measuring your impact by number of items given feels random at best.

Read the full article here: https://novelhand.com/amazon-your-disaster-response-philanthropy-isnt-fooling-me/