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By: Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:51:35 +0000

Let’s ban human reproduction immediately and get population growth rates to a more sustainable level within 20 years.

By: Stef

Stef — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:25:48 +0000

let’s try that link again…

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0503/S00090.htm

By: Stef

Stef — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:24:56 +0000

No attempts at playing the ethnic guilt game intended

The real guilt mongers are the ones who pretend that a modest, tax allowable deduction from people\’s monthly salaries to aid charities is going to make any real difference to the world

Aid is very often part of the problem not the solution

By: Wolfie

Wolfie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:25:09 +0000

Guthrum,

Thank you for providing us with your perspective, reminds me of work my Father did for Oxfam years ago. Rather than give food or money he designed a latrine that prevented contamination of ground water that could be built with local materials.

Stef,

First item, I agree with the statement but don’t buy the ethnic guilt angle. Not in my name.

It’s a polemic piece which isn’t supposed to be taken quite so literally, its about what we cause by just giving without thinking of all the consequences. I hope so anyway.

Dumpling/Sally/Andrew,

Agreed. It might be a good idea if we spent more time and resources sorting out the problems in Europe which we are much more qualified to handle correctly. The episode last year where Gordon Brown was visiting Africa during our floods was truly an embarrassment and should be a lesson to the voters as to the contempt he has for the British people.

By: Andrew Allison

Andrew Allison — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:41:37 +0000

Africa has to start helping itself. Today we had the choice to put some old clothes in a container in the supermarket car park for either Southern Africa or the Salvation Army. Our decision was easy. As other commentators have said; charity begins at home. There are enough people who require our help in the UK. I don’t say this in a heartless way, as I have sponsored a little girl in Columbia for 7 years. The difference there though is that my money is helping her go to school and help her grandmother look after her, as her mother is forced to work many miles away from where they live. They are helping themselves and I am very happy to do my bit to help them help themselves.

By: sally

sally — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:51:01 +0000

I agree with devonshire dumpling… Charity begins at home

By: Devonshire Dumpling

Devonshire Dumpling — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:36:04 +0000

I feel so sorry for the African people and how they are forced to live, but with the present day situation in this Country I fear that charity begins at home.

By: Guthrum

Guthrum — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:10:10 +0000

I work and travel across Africa, the starving kids in the photographs are usually in an area where war or political instability have caused dislocation of the food supply. Otherwise the kids are poor but happy and healthy, and a damn sight better looked after by their parents than a lot of kids in the UK.

Food aid is largely wasted unless protected by external military forces as it never arrives, it is creamed off by the local politicos and warlords.

If we have to give aid, it is better to build schools and technical colleges, but this is long term stuff and not as eye catching for the charity industry as truck loads of food arriving, which is eaten in a few days and creates a dependency culture.

The sheer effort of collecting water takes hours out of a day, that can be devoted to growing food.The cost of 100 AK47’s will drill a well, Africa is awash with AK47’s but not wells of clean water.

By: john east

john east — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:30:08 +0000

It’s a breath of fresh air to hear these sentiments. I rarely express such views because the truth is so unpleasant to contemplate, but foreign aid only produces two things - babies for the aid recipients and Swiss bank accounts for the aid administrators.
These views are perceived as rascist, but why? Domestic aid for whites, welfare, is not much different in it’s effect, producing babies for the underclass recipients and a monthly pay cheque for the welfare managers.

By: StefZ

StefZ — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:49:43 +0000

I personally give precisely biff all to African Aid charities so I would be a hypocrite if I were to criticise any of the comments made here

but

I would suggest that the f**ked up governance of many African countries has historically suited western business interests rather well and much of the aid given to those countries was never lent on the expectation that it could ever be paid back

I’m also a bit wary of criticising other countries for not being able to feed, cloth and keep themselves warm as we in the UK arguably passed that particular milestone a little while back. Not many people have noticed that yet but they will

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