Communities that benefit from aid want international charities to move beyond pictures of poor children and show a more balanced view of Africa, a study showed on Friday.
People in six African countries were asked to evaluate images used in campaigns by major charities including Oxfam, UNICEF and Save the Children.
Most respondents in the survey by the Norwegian campaign group Radi-Aid found the representations accurate, but said they would like to see more pictures of older generations, of racial diversity and of positive aspects of their lives.