Workers have been handing out vital aid to people in Ukraine
The Rivne Oblast is in the West of Ukraine. Rocket attacks have killed people in the area, including in the city of Rivne, yet their location has spared the region…
Aid is Aid, not a Bribe
by Alys Mumford Now normally I manage to resist the urge to rise to a Daily Mail article I disagree with. But for this one: 'Well that's gratitude! We give…
If in six months they say they didn’t know, they’ll be lying
Seve Cockburn writes from Dakar. This piece first appeared on his blog. Sometime last February I sat in a meeting when people were talking about how there was going to…
Aid commitments – NGOs biggest success, and their biggest failure.
Twice in recent weeks, question time audiences have asked why the government is ring fencing aid budgets whilst cutting the NHS. This at once shows the monumental effectiveness of development…