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In Reply to: Re: There is a world of difference posted by UN worker on October 23, 2008 at 08:40:10:
Hello UN aid worker.
I can directly (and indirectly) read from your post that we will probably agree on a few things, but much of what you have to say about what you call 'legitimate aid organizations' I cannot go along with very far. I take it you are in a capacity with some UN aid program(s) or UN sponsored program(s), and what you describe is your experience with humanitarian support there.
You said:
"As an insider working in aid organizations, I know we all have our share of inadequacies. Some of us even have turf wars and marketing or fundraising techniques that resemble those of commercial enterprises."
I agree with this. If you take this statement to it's full extent you will see these things are trademarks of professional relief organizations and -workers. As a rule, any such organization who has professional PR teams, practically forbidding rank and file people to speak to the press, are to a degree fraudulent. This is simply because any information leaving must be supplied with the right spin.
Essentially, speaking about the UN, I think many of the same dynamics are at work as in FCF or TF, and I cannot agree with you that there are no - perhaps sinister - agendas at work. This is not to say there are no good and well meaning individuals there, but I think it may be good to look a little closer at the details.
The baseline in regards to legislation that makes practices of such outfits as FCF possible is basically the same baseline that enables lots of other fraudulent organizations to operate. My intention is not to defend TF, but it is to say that imo TF is just one of many such outfits.
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