In our last episode, we considered the ethics behind doing what I will call “Disaster Tourism,” which involves travelling to a disaster zone and bringing relief goods yourself. After we visited the village and saw the conditions post-cyclone, we discuss what we’ve seen and decide to purchase 17 boats with milk for a few village families, and help them get back on their feet. I’m not the only one thinking about this style of tourism for Bangladesh—Shawn of Unculturedproject.com has some similar ideas.

Today we also learn a little more about the cast — who are the people putting these podcasts together, and why have we come to Bangladesh? We discuss again, the ethical philosophy of doing relief work yourself, or is it all just pointless, given the current state of affairs in Bangladesh?

Background
Before coming, donors who were friends of Michael Mangano gave $1,000 for us to bring directly to people in need from the cyclone, as something to do while Michael visited Bangladesh for research purposes (and to have a bit of travel fun).

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