aid

Haiti: six months on

Written By: r0b
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The 24 hour news cycle. The 20 second slot. The soundbite. The pithy headline. We have short attention spans. Today’s tragedy is yesterday’s dim memory. I am usually as guilty as most, and this article in The Guardian was a sharp reminder. Haiti: six months on.

The Revenge of The McCully

Written By: Bunji
Date published: - 18 comments

Murray McCully is still smarting from the Aid community so strongly (and correctly) objecting to his destruction of our world leading NZAID program, that he continues to kick them. Not content with last year’s 75% cut to the funding of the NGOs umbrella group The Council for Development, he has now suspended $26 million paid to NGOs like World Vision, Oxfam and Save the Children.

Helping Haiti

Written By: Eddie
Date published: - 9 comments

The enormity of the disaster that has hit Haiti is becoming more apparent by the hour. It is thought that tens of thousands, if not […]