{"id":1149,"date":"2020-10-11T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/panl\/?post_type=cu-stories&p=1149"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:56:48","slug":"forcing-a-shift-in-power-the-urgent-need-to-overhaul-philanthropy-and-aid","status":"publish","type":"cu-stories","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/panl\/story\/forcing-a-shift-in-power-the-urgent-need-to-overhaul-philanthropy-and-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Forcing a Power Shift: The Urgent Need to Overhaul Philanthropy & Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Jenny Hodgson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a familiar pattern. First comes the unanticipated humanitarian crisis. Then the international aid industry weighs in, focusing on the short-term and on funding well-known versions of itself in the form of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).<\/p>\n

And then, after global attention has moved to the next disaster, someone looks closer at what happened (whether in Haiti, Nepal or Guinea) and notices that local institutions, which were the first to respond, had the best contacts and long-term plans and had local trust, but had received a fraction of the funds. In Haiti, for example, of the $6.43 billion disbursed by multilateral and bilateral donors, only 0.6% went to local organizations. Next time, the experts conclude, we should look harder at working with those groups. Next time, we should put local organizations on the international radar, and ensure they\u2019re heard and supported.<\/p>\n