Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert have devised the most ridiculous humanitarian effort known to man. They have been traveling around the world for the last three years, making balloon hats for people. You read that correctly. Balloon hats. They have made nine trips, visiting a total of 34 countries since 2008. Their mission?
These children appear to be so much happier bathing in their own feces, now that they're wearing balloon hats:
This is how rich douchebags help the world - by spending thousands upon thousands of dollars making balloon animals for starving people, with no access to medicine or safe drinking water, and taking pictures of them. Think of what they could have done with that money. If they would have simply sat on their asses, played video games, and made a donation to Doctors Without Borders or the International Red Cross, they would have accomplished so much more than what they actually have with their lives.
"Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert travel to different places in the world in order to make balloon hats for people and take photos of them.
The goal is to show people all over the world laughing and having fun, and to emphasize the fact that all human beings are born with the ability to experience joy."Here are a couple of photos of folks "experiencing joy":
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| "For fuck's sake, get this thing off of my head. Couldn't you have just brought us some food?" |
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| "Who needs clean drinking water, when you have balloon hats? We're experiencing joy!" |
This is how rich douchebags help the world - by spending thousands upon thousands of dollars making balloon animals for starving people, with no access to medicine or safe drinking water, and taking pictures of them. Think of what they could have done with that money. If they would have simply sat on their asses, played video games, and made a donation to Doctors Without Borders or the International Red Cross, they would have accomplished so much more than what they actually have with their lives.
And to make matters worse? They're accepting donations to continue their "work". Not only that, but Addi has turned this project into a motivational speaking business. His client list has included Oprah, Disney and Wired magazine. Are you fucking kidding me? This guy mocks people in need, and he becomes a motivational speaker?
I'm not linking to their website, because I'm disgusted by what they do. I am going to post one of their videos, though. It shows their broken (in my opinion) philosophy, as well as a number of the photos they have taken over the last couple of years. At the end of the video, it shows a link to their page if you're interested.
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