Looking into Private Sector Involvement in Humanitarianism in Africa
The CIHA Blog tends to be critical of the argument that what Africa needs is more foreign private sector investment in humanitarianism in Africa (see here for the most […]
The CIHA Blog tends to be critical of the argument that what Africa needs is more foreign private sector investment in humanitarianism in Africa (see here for the most […]
by Cecelia Lynch
What are good ways to assist people in need, no matter where they are from? What needs are imagined or exaggerated when those who want to give have […]
by Akosua Adomako Ampofo
If most private foundations (in the US) have endowments of less than $50m, indeed more like $10m, and most, despite this, ‘give’ more than the legally-required minimum […]
The CIHA Blog has developed a partnership with Pambazuka News, which is produced and published by Fahamu, based in Oxford, Dakar, and Nairobi. This piece was originally posted […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has released its 2014 Gates Annual Letter, which spells out the foundation’s view of “three myths that block progress for the poor”: poor […]
Writer Paul Theroux, in “Africa’s Aid Mess” for Barron’s, delves into the history of debates over Western aid to Africa, from Charles Dickens to Bill Gates. “The desire of […]
Cecelia Lynch writes: Angilee Shah of PRI and I had a wide-ranging discussion about charity and the representation and ethics of aid, which was distilled into her provocative piece below. […]
Two recent articles point out how aid recipients are often more in tune with their needs and their cultural and political contexts than the development organization might be. The New […]
by Rev. Ranjit Mathews
I’d like to speak a little bit of the Church as an ordained member of it and what it has to say about charity, particularly in Africa. […]
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