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| 20 Feb 2006 - 15:17 | |
| admin Registered: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 7 
| Aid is like AIDS Aid is like AIDS as AIDS is a disease which once contracted cannot be cured. Like AIDS, aid results in dependency and the recipient is robbed of his own initiative. To combat these problems we therefore recommend that aid be provided in this manner: a. Study the issues, assets and community needs b. First meet community needs through community assets. This requires 'aid' in the form of technical know-how where indigenous knowledge is lacking c. If the need cannot be met by community assets, 'aid' should be introduced as a model to be replicated by communities. Governments have a lot of funds, permanent departments and trained personnel. Through 'aid' they become dormant and lose interest. An example of this is primary school education in Pakistan . We are an NGO, but act as a facilitator i.e. our job is advocacy at the macro level (letting government know the needs of the communities) and sensitization at the micro level to apprise them of government programmes and how they can participate. We divide need into three categories: a. Those that can be met on a self-help basis b. Those that can be met through participatory methods c. Those that call for external support but where community has the capacity to operate and maintain the facility We have seen that 'aid' creates an oasis in the desert to show change is possible and can be replicated. But who is going to replicate? That oasis remains a monument without replication. We conducted a cursory survey of water supply schemes executed by all donors. We found that they were never revisited and no check-up of sources or water quality were carried out. Communities were waiting for some donor to come and make small repairs, even to mend leaks in the pipes. (Our report is currently under preparation and can be sent on request.)� (Report will be included under Resources, when available) originally submitted via the old FFA website by Prof. A.M.H.Kango, Kashmir Institute of National Development (KIND), Pakistan |
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