NGO's more harm than good? Or more good than harm?

mammothboy2 · Post by **mammothboy2** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:58 am

There are a few versions:

ORIGINAL Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

N.G.O. VERSION Teach a man to fish and you can put your old V.S.O. chum on the N.G.O. payroll as a Harvest Consultant

POLITE REDNECK VERSION Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day and drink beer

DISGRACEFUL REDNECK VERSION Teach a xxxxxx to collect welfare and you feed him for a lifetime.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:12 pm

If donors really want to help they should learn Khmer
Fri, 15 July 2016
Billy Chia-Lung Tai
Despite the Khmer language being the official language of Cambodia, the dominance of foreign donors and their aid has made English the primary language in the development sector. Language continues to be a major obstacle for local NGOs who need to maintain and foster their relationship with their donor partners. Despite efforts by some donor organisations to “localise“ their operations in Cambodia, most written communication between them and their local partners continue to be carried out exclusively in English. This applies to the entire process of project management, from initial grant application, to the various reports one must produce throughout the life of these projects.

Full article : http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-a ... earn-khmer

mammothboy2 · Post by **mammothboy2** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 4:42 am

A little (from a biased source) about our dear friends at WORLD VISION

http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/largest-chri ... -by-hamas/

mammothboy2 · Post by **mammothboy2** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:30 am

AN EXCERPT:

World Vision agent a member of Hamas since 2004

The indictment states Halabi joined Hamas’ armed wing Izzedin al-Qassam in 2004 and was directed in 2005 to infiltrate a major humanitarian organization so as “to be close to decision makers in a foreign organization, to be involved in the group and operate secretly to advance al-Qassam’s interests.”

The Shin Bet accuses Halabi of joining World Vision and sending its funds to Hamas’ military wing, some of it to fund digging military-related tunnels and to purchase weapons, Haaretz reported.

The Israeli intelligence agency alleges that a sum of $80,000 contributed by British donors to assist needy families and support civilian projects in Gaza was used to build a Hamas position in the Gaza town of Beit Hanun, to pay Hamas activists’ salaries and bonuses to members who had fought against Israel in the 2014 war, according to the Haaretz article.

“This serves to demonstrate the need for an extra dose of vigilance and discernment on the part of Christian leadership in these prophetic times in which we are living,” said Carl Gallups, a Baptist pastor in Florida who is also an author and host of a weekly radio show.

“One of the known techniques of the Muslim Brotherhood organization is to ‘infiltrate’ outside institutions until those institutions are brought totally under their control, or are at least under controlled manipulation,” Gallups, author of “Final Warning” and “Be Thou Prepared: Equipping the Church for Persecution and Times of Trouble,” told WND.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/largest-chri ... CtCcK2q.99

mammothboy2 · Post by **mammothboy2** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:05 pm

There is a spirited debate today - Tuesday, August 23rd - on the Al-Guardian website about foreign aid and one contributor said this:

I used to give money to overseas charities.

I have now cut out the middle-man and send my money direct to the
Toyota Motor Co, manufacturers of fully-optioned white Land-Cruisers.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:12 pm

He teaches rock ’n’ roll to disadvantaged children in Cambodia
September 1, 2016

At 10 a.m. in Prek Lvea, a village across the Mekong River from Cambodia’s capital, among pecking chickens, dirt roads, and palm-shaded hovels, a heavy-metal concert is under way. The show, put on in an open-air kindergarten classroom, is performed by an assortment of local children and teens, and it seems as if the whole village has come out to gape. Watching from the crowd of chirping children and visibly confused adults is Timon Seibel, a bearded, blond Swiss-German – and the mastermind of this rural metal madness.

The morning jam session is part of an unusual social program in which disadvantaged children are provided lessons in rock ’n’ roll, mostly of the hardcore metal variety. The program, called CAM Projects, is aimed at growing self-confidence through creative expression for some of the country’s most vulnerable children. Although Cambodia has come a long way in combating poverty after years of war, about 3 million of the 15 million-plus population still live below the poverty line, and some 8.1 million are just above it, according to UNICEF. Many, of course, are children.

Mr. Seibel started CAM Projects two years ago. It has a soundproof practice room, a recording studio, an assortment of secondhand music equipment, and about 25 regular students. Many come from tragic backgrounds.

“Most of the kids are orphaned. Their parents died or went to Thailand to work or are in prison,” explains Seibel, who is in his mid-30s.

CAM Projects runs under a children’s home managed by Moms Against Poverty (MAP), a nongovernmental organization based in the San Francisco area. The home cares for about 25 kids and also conducts a larger after-school program for local children; they can take classes in English, math, computing, and, if they so choose, rock music.

The music could be viewed as a constructive outlet to pass the time – drugs and alcohol are a problem among youths here – but it’s more than that.

“The main reason [for CAM Projects] is because the kids were and are really aggressive, and I believe in art therapy: I experienced it with myself. Music works for almost every kid,” says Seibel, who is resting in a hammock after the show...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teaches-rock ... tml?ref=gs