foreignaid Tag Posts Index

Poverty, Inc.

Image Source Introduction The documentary Poverty, Inc. explores the challenges of combating extreme poverty worldwide, emphasizing how those negatively impacted

Hands Are For Helping, Not Hurting

The Background These days, everything is expensive. I can hardly go to the store without pausing in the egg section and shaking my head over just how expensive they

Why Foreign Aid Isn't Always A Good Thing

(Marcus Butt/Getty Images/Ikon Images) Poverty, Inc., directed by Michael Matheson Miller, is a documentary that reveals the negative effect foreign aid can have

The Hidden Costs of Aid

The Hidden Costs of Aid Image Source The Poverty Industry Poverty, Inc. is a documentary directed by Michael Matheson Miller, and it argues that poverty has turned

The Perilous Side of Paternalism

Image Source The Social Effect of the Social Fact Throughout my life terms like “white savior complex,” or “hero syndrome,” have been thrown around in juxtaposition

Charity Should Begin At Home-US Freezes Foreign "Aid" Payments

source A few days ago President Trump announced a freeze on foreign aid for 90 days whilst his team review who is getting how much and what the money is for. The

Response to Poverty Inc. Documentary

Overview of Poverty Inc. The beginning of the documentary "Poverty Inc." starts with a quote from Niccolo Machiavelli: "the reason there will be no

Week 09 Reflection - The Truth About Foreign Aid

Image Source The Perceived Need for Foreign Aid There is a clear distinction between countries that are developed and those that are not. Many people believe that

Week 09 Response - The US Government Does Not Have a Moral Duty to Fulfill, We Do

Image Source This post is in response to the question, “Do we, as a economically prosperous developed nation, have a moral duty to help citizens of countries in

Exclusive: Senior Guatemalan Official Says Trump Is Right, U.S. Aid Rarely Makes It To The Poor

Exclusive: Senior Guatemalan Official Says Trump Is Right, U.S. Aid Rarely Makes It To The Poor via @SaraCarterDC

Rand Paul tweets about something he found

"FOREIGN AID FARCE: Rwanda gets £64m UK aid – and gives £30m to Arsenal" This can't be real, can it?

I am a big believer in helping others so I think in the time of extreme natural disasters or similar events if a country is able to help they should, however on

Angela Merkel Continues To Support The Iranian Deal

Zolna Report May 24, 2018 Countries that don't support our President need to be cut aside. My video is at DLive

Reality Check: If Haiti Is a “Shithole” Country, Who Is Really to Blame?

It’s been a couple of weeks but I had to take this one on: President Trump reportedly refers to African nations as well as the island nation of Haiti as a “shithole”

Do Poor Countries Really Need Foreign Aid?

Tonny Rutakirwa is a conscientious entrepreneur growing a multi-sectoral multinational out of London, United Kingdom. He is Chairman of Tonniez Group Holdings, which

Will Pakistan lose Its foreign Aid?

President Trump announced on the first day of the new year that Pakistan has given America nothing but “lies and deceit” in exchange for years of foreign aid. Just

Australia is at its least generous moment in history (foreign aid)

FACTS: Australian foreign aid is currently at an all time low of 0.22% of Gross National Income (GNI). Since a 1970 General Assembly decision, Australia has been

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Should government give their citizens their rights? No. The citizens should be fighting for freedom, regardless. However, government can try to shrink in order to

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Foreign aid to country condemning man to death for blasphemy

Foreign aid, not always a good thing What are your thoughts on this? While I fully endorse that every country or culture is different and it is not within our right