Give someone a fish, feed them for a day. Teach someone how to fish, feed them for a lifetime.
While most of government foreign aid is not doing as much as we would want, Africans are real people and it is good to help them in ways that we can.
Charities usually keep a close eye on where and how the money is used. If they don't, then people will stop giving to them.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/150621-pentagon-defends-foreign-aid-as-essential-to-security I would disagree with these statements, because I believe that wealth does not determine morality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-E6sQ9DvI John Stossel reporting foreign aid and if it really helps in Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRRr78Fs-FE Senator Rand Paul voices his opinion on cutting all foreign aid. He argues that we should stop borrowing money from China to give to Africa and the Middle East.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrBavSGAB0 Dambisa Moyo, a leading spokesperson on Africa, explains the alternatives to foreign aid and why Capitalism and entrepreneurship are better solutions for Africa.
http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Wangari_Maathai_The_Challenge_for_Africa Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, discusses how Africans would be better off without foreign aid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ4vCKlpdjA FBN 93% of every dollar used for foreign aid goes to consulting.
These are links to a business located near where I am from that sells jewlery made by Africans who are paid fair wages for their work.
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It looks like a more effective way to give them foreign aid.
http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/where-we-work/middle-east-and-north-africa/
ReplyDeleteThis is a link to The Red Cross/Crescent in the Middle East and North Africa's website. You can read exactly what they are doing and even read their financial reports. In Iraq, they only spent 1.5% on consulting. I noticed that some of the ways they are helping are by teaching first aid to volunteers, helping people have a clear plan in case of a disaster, giving medical care, and raising awareness of good health practices. These are things that corrupt people cannot take away.