Article 3JTKA I saw aid for starving people spent on staff salaries through inept planning | The Secret Aid Worker

I saw aid for starving people spent on staff salaries through inept planning | The Secret Aid Worker

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Secret Aid Worker
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Bad management has left me disillusioned by the aid sector, and its shocking lack of urgency in helping those driven to despair by hunger

I recently resigned from my job with a non-governmental organisation in Africa. After years of working in the sector, I have been left disillusioned with the ethos and impact of these organisations.

The sector is filled with the wrong people with the wrong motivations and the wrong agenda. It is, after all, a business enterprise worth $27.3bn, at least in 2016. Missions in country are incentivised by money. The more you can raise, the happier your colleagues in the region and in headquarters because some of that money goes into paying their salaries and office rents - and your performance in the country is linked to that, rather than the quality of the programmes you are running.

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