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Saturday, June 04, 2011

An interesting article - Live Aid failure...

Isn't it annoying when people do this.... just post up a link...however,

An interesting article....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1394154/Live-Aids-corrosive-legacy-David-Cameron-UKs-overseas-aid-budget.html

It seems the thumb screws are well and truly on public spending in England at the moment.  The above article talks about Live Aid's questionable legacy in Africa
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2 comments:

  1. Paul3:25 pm

    To be honest, I thought it was a very Daily Mail take on Live Aid. The article is very negative about tax payer money being spent on projects in Africa and very negative about people donating to charities that work in Africa. So essentially it says no money should be spent.

    There are valid criticisms in there, of course: the lack of African acts at Live Aid and the self-serving participation of some of the big acts, lack of organisation and coordination by charities etc.

    I was amused by the article's attempt to portray Keith Richards as a music historian, rather than the Mail's more usual portrayal of him as a burnt out druggie, purely, it seemed, because he refused to take part in Live Aid which the article agreed with! :-)

    I think Live Aid was important for many reasons, but although its charitible efforts can certainly be overstated, I wouldn't agree with the description of it as "corrosive".

    Paul
    http://fromsheeptoalligators.blogspot.com/

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  2. Anonymous12:04 pm

    I found the article interesting to say the least. I did not like the generalised negative view that aid funding is a waste of money.

    I regularly give to charities both in Kenya and in the UK. I have seen what that kind of money can do in the impoverished communities of Kenya and the UK. There is some financial mismanagement in the dishing out of aid but that is just what happens when people handle large sums of money and when accountability is low.

    The author should have pointed out that aid does reach people who need it and it helps even in the least of ways. And so what if the pop stars make some money out of it, at least they are trying to do something.

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