international aid

[Ankou]

ok, so we already give £20 each annually - or so it says on another thread. anyone care to dig a little deeper ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14060545

[New Judge]

Many people are not willing but are compelled to support the feckless, kinell. I would also suggest that the nation is not able to do so - not without compromising services towards which the not so feckless have contributed and which they expect to be available to them if required.

[Philtaz]

You still haven'tindicated how you would deal with this situation Ankou, when it obviously needs a long term plan. The majority of posters on this thread appear to advocate a rigid birth control regime.
What say you?

[Ankou]

in this situaiton they need food, water and medical supplies - aid

long term they need food, water, medical suplie and birth control measures without religious interference - aid

[samak]

As I posted on another thread:

For anyone wanting to read a serious first-hand view of the aid business, I would recommend Michael Maren's book:
The Road To Hell: The ravaging effects of foreign aid and international charity.
It was first published in 1997 and concentrates on Somalia, coincidentally a place which is again in the news for being a disaster area.
The author draws on his experience with aid organisations over 19 years around Africa in places like Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan and Ethiopia.

[Tizzi24]

It will all be the same in Africa in 100 years time. No amount of aid will change anything.

I was horrified to see on the news the other night about part of Britain's aid was used to erect a refugee camp with buildings with running water and electricity, but then the government closed it down, saying that if the refugees were housed in there, they wouldn't want to go home again.

I will never personally donate any money to Africa, charity begins at home and I would rather support British charities.