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**StanWatts** · 02-11-2010, 08:15 PM

Mountainannie,

While commendable from a charitable point of view, I believe that developmental aid adn the NGO industry, currently does nothing in the end to help a country get back upon it's feet.

Sure, they alleviate what would otherwise be a subhuman situation a little bit (but mostly when there are cameras nearby; lest funding might be jaepardised), which in itself is commendable.

In the long run however, I believe that organisations as Terre des Hommes, Save the Children etc, on a board level are to concerned about sustaining themselves (albeit staffed with true humanitarians at the grassroot level), to fully support a long term solution. The best indication of this are the significant salary packages the board of directors often secure.

From where I'm sitting it is an industry that sustains itself and only secondary is concerced with its product. At its worst it can be seen as a form of neocolonialism that puffs up the importance of the NGO's through the sustainment of local cliques (not only in haiti but all over the world).

So let's see if BCF can ring the much needed changes in this, but given the FBI approach I'm not holding my breath.

02-11-2010, 08:15 PM	#30
StanWatts Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	Mountainannie, While commendable from a charitable point of view, I believe that developmental aid adn the NGO industry, currently does nothing in the end to help a country get back upon it's feet. Sure, they alleviate what would otherwise be a subhuman situation a little bit (but mostly when there are cameras nearby; lest funding might be jaepardised), which in itself is commendable. In the long run however, I believe that organisations as Terre des Hommes, Save the Children etc, on a board level are to concerned about sustaining themselves (albeit staffed with true humanitarians at the grassroot level), to fully support a long term solution. The best indication of this are the significant salary packages the board of directors often secure. From where I'm sitting it is an industry that sustains itself and only secondary is concerced with its product. At its worst it can be seen as a form of neocolonialism that puffs up the importance of the NGO's through the sustainment of local cliques (not only in haiti but all over the world). So let's see if BCF can ring the much needed changes in this, but given the FBI approach I'm not holding my breath.
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