Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th May, 2015) Caroline Pinder passionately believes in the power of aid to help the world’s poor. She has dedicated the past […]
Aid / Montserrat / World
£400m foreign aid fiasco in paradise
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th May, 2015) Sean McLaughlin had a simple dream – to build a new life in paradise while helping the island community […]
Aid / Politics
This foreign aid law is an expensive stunt
Published by The Daily Telegraph (11th March, 2015) So there we are. Our esteemed politicians have passed perhaps the stupidest piece of legislation since the dangerous dogs act […]
Aid
India sends rockets into space. So does it need our £210m aid?
Published by The Sun (13th February, 2015) Another day, another damning report into Britain’s great aid giveaway. It is almost enough to make you feel sorry for the […]
Aid
A nauseating award for Blair and a bloated aid industry sucking up to its political paymasters
Published by The Daily Mail (27th November, 2014) A spectacular charity gala studded with celebrities, famous singers and Hollywood stars, it was just the sort of glittering event […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Should Band Aid be resurrected?
Published by The Observer (16th November, 2014) The Observer debate with Tim Ingham (Editor, Music Week) IB: Absolutely not. The only good thing is to learn the toe-curling […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
Sorry Bob – Band Aid has done more harm than good
Published by The Daily Mail (12th November, 2014) Once again, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure have lined up the latest crop of chart-toppers to create another incarnation — […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime backed by huge sums of British aid. A […]
Africa / Aid / United States / World
When will our politicians realise Africa has changed?
Published by The Independent (4th August, 2014) The dominant headlines out of Africa are as depressing as always in the Western media: a terrifying disease on the rampage, […]
Africa / Aid / Kenya
The folly of the 0.7% foreign-aid solution
Published by the Wall Street Journal (10th July, 2014) Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki won global applause when he introduced free primary-school education over a decade ago. Who could […]
Aid
Aid corporations dressed in clothing of compassion
Published in The Guardian (8th July, 2014) The president of South Sudan warns that his nation faces terrible famine, with more than a million people fleeing their homes […]