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<p>INTRODUCTION: THE TRASH PICKER, THE SLAVE, AND THE GARMENT MAKER (THE WORLD, 2001–2018) xiii</p> <p><b>PART I Why Give (When I Have Problems of My Own)?</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 1 Life After College (Nepal, 2001)<br /><i>The mission / The responsibility of privilege </i>3</p> <p>CHAPTER 2 One Night in a Slum Showed Me How Poor I Was (Kenya, 2010)<br /><i>Why should we care when we have our own problems? / My problem with missionaries / Giving thoughts and prayers </i>11</p> <p>CHAPTER 3 We Aren’t the Heroes (Kenya, 2010)<br /><i>Toxic charity / Fair trade travel </i>19</p> <p>CHAPTER 4 Confessions of a Volunteer Addict (Indiana, 2010)<br /><i>Benefits of volunteering / 100-hour rule /Make where you live interesting </i>25</p> <p>CHAPTER 5 What Can One Person Do? (Cambodia, 2017)<br /><i>Leaving Hollywood for a dump in Cambodia / The White Savior Industrial Complex </i>37</p> <p>CHAPTER 6 Happiness Isn’t Having a Lot; It’s Giving a Lot (Cambodia, 2017)<br /><i>The Hero’s journey / What The Matrix teaches us about happiness and purpose / Four pillars of meaning </i>47</p> <p>CHAPTER 7 Giving Is Complicated: Ethnic Cleansing in the Most Generous Nation on Earth (Myanmar, 2017)<br /><i>Change starts with students / Problem with empathy / World Giving Index / Problem with orphanages </i>63</p> <p>CHAPTER 8 Seeing Differently to Make a Difference (Myanmar, 2017)<br /><i>A not-so-noble Nobel Peace Prize winner / Problem with karma / Intent matters </i>75</p> <p>CHAPTER 9 Giving on Purpose (Myanmar, 2017)<br /><i>Giving alms / Meditating on giving </i>83</p> <p>CHAPTER 10 The Gift of Tasting Ice Cream (Myanmar, 2017)<br /><i>A former monk on giving / Solitude / Thoreau’s three chairs </i>89</p> <p><b>PART II What Can I Give?</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 11 Science of Do-gooding (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>Effective altruism / The cost to save a life / Should you give your kidney? / Extreme givers </i>99</p> <p>CHAPTER 12 Money for Nothing (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>Universal basic income / Proximity to need / The poor are better givers </i>115</p> <p>CHAPTER 13 No Justice, No Peace (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>Election chaos / Freedom versus aid / Legacy of colonialism / Human rights / Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs </i>123</p> <p>CHAPTER 14 Giving Is Immeasurable: Change One, Change 100 (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>Waging peace on warriors / Stepping-stones in the river of life / Education as a path out of poverty </i>137</p> <p><b>PART III Start Local</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 15 Growing Up Gandhi (India, 2017)<br /><i>Mandated giving / The Mother Teresa controversy / Gandhi on giving </i>149</p> <p>CHAPTER 16 Start with Your Local (India, 2017)<i><br />Crossing caste lines / Towers and slums / Untouchables </i>157</p> <p>CHAPTER 17 Start Small (India, 2017)<br /><i>Locals challenging societal norms / Creating leaders / The girl effect </i>169</p> <p><b>PART IV The Gift of Travel</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 18 Should You Go on a Slum Tour? (India, 2017)<br /><i>Poverty porn? / History of “slumming it” / Impact of slum tours </i>177</p> <p>CHAPTER 19 Joy in a Hopeless Place (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>Safari Doctors / Following the locals’ lead / Go make a difference / Investing in people </i>185</p> <p>CHAPTER 20 See Yourself in the Lives of Others (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>It’s a wonderful life? / Our struggles connect us / Wisdom of traditional societies </i>197</p> <p>CHAPTER 21 Travel If You Can – It’s Fatal to Prejudice (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>How travel makes you a better human / Travel creates philanthropists / Responsible tourism / Reverse culture shock </i>207</p> <p><b>PART V Is Helping Helping?</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 22 The Kiva Controversy (Cambodia, 2017)<br /><i>The problem with microlending / Meeting Kiva borrowers / Giving fads </i>221</p> <p>CHAPTER 23 Sponsor a Child, Save theWorld? (Zambia, 2017)<br /><i>The realities of child sponsorship / Stories versus stats / Psychic numbing / Aid and dependency </i>231</p> <p>CHAPTER 24 Marine Wages War on Poverty Through Locally-Led Change (Kenya, 2010)<br /><i>Fighting terrorism by fighting poverty / Starting with the end in mind </i>247</p> <p>CHAPTER 25 The Little Village That Was Supposed to Change the World (Kenya, 2017)<br /><i>UN’s Millennium Development Goals / Can unlimited resources end poverty? / Do we need more or less id? </i>255</p> <p><b>PART VI Our Gifts Connect Us to the World</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 26 The Strength in Your Story (US, 2011–2018)<br /><i>The art of listening / The gift of your story </i>265</p> <p>CHAPTER 27 The X Factor in the Good Person Equation 271</p> <p>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 275</p> <p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR 279</p> <p>APPENDIX A Giving Appendix 281</p>

<p><b>KELSEY TIMMERMAN</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Where Am I Wearing?</i> and <i>Where Am I Eating?</i>. A champion of global thinking and local action, he regularly speaks at universities, colleges, and high schools all over the U.S. He is also the co-founder of The Facing Project, a non-profit community storytelling initiative in nearly 100 communities across the country. </p>

<p>Your gifts connect you to a world of giving. And if you effectively put them to use, you’ll live a longer, more meaningful life, and you just might change the world. </p> <p>After graduating from college, Kelsey Timmerman didn’t set out with such lofty aspirations when he boarded a one-way flight that led to more than 16 years of travel. He just wanted to see a world beyond the rural Midwest. Through the years, he met sweatshop workers in Honduras, a slave in Ivory Coast, and kids who worked as trash pickers in Cambodia. Kelsey saw the inequality and injustice in the world and felt guilty, overwhelmed, and powerless to make a difference. <p>In <i>Where Am I Giving?</i>, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author embarks on an adventure that challenges himself and readers to move beyond awareness to action and to take advantage of the opportunities each of us have to make a difference. Kelsey travels to Myanmar, Kenya, India, Nepal, Zambia, and beyond to explore different ways of giving—as a worker, consumer, volunteer, philanthropist, local and global citizen—and also the benefits and effectiveness of these methods. He learns from folks such as Tibetan monks, Gandhi’s great grandson,a refugee, gang members turned peace activists, and a former Hollywood executive. Kelsey discovers how they give and meets the people on the receiving end of their giving. <p>Giving isn’t just about writing a check—it’s about the way you travel, what you consume, how you spend your free time, and how you live. Featuring highlighted Giving Rules throughout the book along with Kelsey’s attempt at formulating a Good Person Equation, <i>Where Am I Giving?</i> will help you: <ul><li>Understand the sociology, philosophy, anthropology, and neuroscience of giving</li> <li>Examine types of giving, including microlending, volunteering, donating, ethical consumption, mission trips, voluntourism, and child sponsorship</li> <li>Dive into a nuanced view of the effectiveness of international aid and its intersection with development, politics, and culture</li> <li>Identify ways you can do the most good you can with the talents, time, and resources you have to give</li></ul> <p>Giving isn’t about the least we can do, but about the most we can give to others with the gifts we have. <p><b>kelseytimmerman.com</b>

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