"A selfie to brag about helping." Typically a American or European volunteer in Africa or Southeast
Asia taking a picture of themselves with a
child or children that are obviously
poor, often showing the American or European offering help to the
child or children, or implying such help. These photos are often used as Tinder profile pictures, and eventually are featured on Humanitarians of Tinder.
Also can be a photograph of a humanitarian aid worker in the act of helping a needy person, used in the context of fundraising for the humanitarian organization. As referenced in an official USAID response, "Small et. al 2007 has shown that well-
lit photos and helpies generate more funding than text-
based, and data-driven presentations of complex, global problems."
