AID TOURIST
I've decided that your country
Needs a dose of me:
There's plenty of excuses,
But the best is charity.
A little bit of sponsorship
Will get me there in style -
I'll gladly be of use to you,
And do it with a smile.
I'm smiling 'cos I'm happy,
And I'm happy 'cos I'm here:
This is my Big Adventure,
And there isn't any fear.
My job is safe, they're proud of me,
They'll gladly have me back -
My family thinks it's wonderful
I'm off on this new tack.
The local paper's pleased
To print my picture on its page,
And even I'm beginning
To believe in my image.
Oh, it's wonderful to travel,
And the locals treat me well!
But I'm glad that I don't live here,
In this new Aid-Tourist Hell.
July 2001
Aid Tourism is where rich Westerners go off on sponsored bike rides and the like and do 'Good Deeds' in poorer countries.
I would like to see someone from the Third World cycle over here and help us to build a playground, complete with local media in attendance, a welcome from the Lord Mayor and a celebration dance by the locals.
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