Aid should bypass corrupt leaders (From York Press)
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Aid should bypass corrupt leaders
9:10am Friday 5th October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
THE millions of volunteers raising money to relieve acute poverty in many communities in the developing world will welcome the determination of Justine Greening, the new Secretary of State for International Development, as reported in the View from Westminster (The Press, October 3) to stop UK Government development aid money going to despotic governments.
The Government is beginning to recognise that the surest way of giving poverty- stricken communities in Africa, India and South America a helping hand to work their way to a better life is to bypass governments, and work through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and international charities.
The European Union has adopted this approach for many years, in some cases match-funding – by as much as ten to one – public donated funds raised by NGOs, such as Christian Aid, for community-run development projects. It is not clear why Chris Moncrieff favours government-to-government aid which is generally preferred by national governments and which too often falls into the hands of despots and the corrupt.
Maurice Vassie, Chair, York Christian Aid, Deighton, York.
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CHISSY1
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1:05pm Fri 5 Oct 12
sheps lad
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1:25pm Fri 5 Oct 12
CHISSY1
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2:12pm Fri 5 Oct 12
sheps lad wrote:"And you point is?".
Remember Wilfred Pickles taking £100's of £'s from Cancer research when he was president or something?
sheps lad
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2:58pm Fri 5 Oct 12
CHISSY1 wrote:He was supposed to be doing it for charity.Good enough even for you?
sheps lad wrote:"And you point is?".
Remember Wilfred Pickles taking £100's of £'s from Cancer research when he was president or something?
ColdAsChristmas
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7:29pm Fri 5 Oct 12
CHISSY1
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7:34pm Fri 5 Oct 12
sheps lad wrote:"Cancer UK and other important charity's in this country deserve all the money they can get,you got a problem with that?".
CHISSY1 wrote:He was supposed to be doing it for charity.Good enough even for you?
sheps lad wrote:"And you point is?".
Remember Wilfred Pickles taking £100's of £'s from Cancer research when he was president or something?
sheps lad
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8:07pm Fri 5 Oct 12
CHISSY1 wrote:Not at all,the point was he was taking thousands off the charity he was supposed to be promoting. Now go to bed!
sheps lad wrote:"Cancer UK and other important charity's in this country deserve all the money they can get,you got a problem with that?".
CHISSY1 wrote:He was supposed to be doing it for charity.Good enough even for you?
sheps lad wrote:"And you point is?".
Remember Wilfred Pickles taking £100's of £'s from Cancer research when he was president or something?
Matt_S says...
11:20am Fri 5 Oct 12
I would also encourage volunteers to donate to the most cost-effective charities possible.
Sites like www.givewell.org and www.givingwhatwecan compare charities in order to determine which charities have the greatest impact per donation as well as excellent accountability.