
Most people think advertising is spam - and for good reason. A commercial should be like a tradeoff – you invest your attention and get something of interest in return. Unfortunately this promise is often broken because ads try to steal – rather than earn – your attention. But once in a while an ad that rings true comes along. It doesn’t matter if it’s for a product you don’t care about because the ad keeps its promise. True insight and great creative execution. The obvious made interesting.
So much of the communication you see for NGOs is based on the assumption that everyone feels inherently bad for less fortunate people. Dramatizing solely on the premise of a guilty conscience only contributes to people filtering out and avoiding the message. That’s what makes ads like this one so relevant. Rather than using a guilt trip it illustrates the real challenge; the problem isn’t related to blindness, its related to ignorance.