The child in the pond

society, culture, documentary · EN

Imagine this: you’re walking past a pond and you see a child drowning. What would you do? Max believes he would jump into the water without hesitation to save the child. But what if a child in mortal danger is on the other side of the world, far away from you? Why do we usually do nothing then? In The child in the pond, journalist and podcast maker Max Boogaard (26) travels on behalf of Liliane Fonds to Sierra Leone - one of the poorest countries of the world. . There, he follows a remarkable team of local aid workers who tirelessly dedicate themselves to children with disabilities. Children who are often neglected, hidden away, or even killed. During his journey, Max grapples with an age-old philosophical question: how far does our duty to help others extend? Inspired by philosopher Peter Singer’s famous metaphor — the child in the pond — the series confronts us with moral dilemmas we would often rather avoid. But the podcast also shows what happens when we do