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Africa: "Charity rejects US food aid gift"
BBC.com ^
| Friday, 17 August 2007
| staff writer
Posted on 08/20/2007 6:38:31 AM PDT by yankeedame
Last Updated: Friday, 17 August 2007, 10:00 GMT 11:00 UK
Charity rejects US food aid gift
Care said it did not oppose
emergency food aid during a crisis
The international aid group, Care, has rejected a donation of $45m (£22.7m) from the United States government. Care criticised the way US food aid is distributed, saying it harms local farmers, especially in Africa.
It said wheat donated by the US government and distributed by charities introduced low prices that local farmers are unable to compete with.
But USAid says assessments are carried out to try to ensure that commodities do not disrupt local production.
Correspondents says disagreements have emerged in the US aid community on the best way to use food aid.
"We came to the realisation that if we wanted to do what was in the best interest of poor people and efficiency in aid, that this wasn't it," Care President Helene Gayle told Reuters news agency.
Care said it did not oppose emergency food aid during periods of drought or famine.
But the group said the US government's method of food aid did not help communities which were permanently in need
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To: yankeedame
communities which were permanently in need I'm reminded of an old Sam Kinison quote ...
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:39:59 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agammemnon dead.)
To: yankeedame
I have always said we should never send wheat, rice or what ever for aid. It should always be food that has been processed in the USA.
Instead of wheat, we send loaves of Wonder Bread. Rice, we send Rice Chex and rice cakes.
We send Twinkees and cup cakes.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:40:48 AM PDT
by
Holicheese
(1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
To: yankeedame
"But the group said the US government's method of food aid did not help communities which were permanently in need..." I guess what "Care" wants is a direct government dollar grant that THEY will decide how to spend.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:41:05 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel-NRA)
To: yankeedame
Well, it’s not a complete fix to the squandering of our wealth around the planet, but it’s a start. LOL
They may have a point here.
To: yankeedame
Care is looking a gift horse in the mouth.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:43:37 AM PDT
by
sono
("I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes." Phil Rizzuto)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:43:53 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Hunter 2008)
To: yankeedame
Perhaps they would rather accept food from China?
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:44:42 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:44:44 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(You can’t spell crap without the AP in it.)
To: DoughtyOne
Care makes an excellent point. Imagine you’re a farmer; you borrow to buy seed, work the soil, raise a crop and are about to sell what you’ve raised. The next day, free food arrives. What’s the value of your crop ?
To: Wonder Warthog
Wonder Warthog wrote:
I guess what “Care” wants is a direct government dollar grant that THEY will decide how to spend.
Courtesy Comment;
Hard to steal donations when it comes in a wheat sack with US Aid stamped on the side.
Gives these guys cash and you can guess where the bulk of the money will go.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:46:55 AM PDT
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
To: yankeedame
You can’t use wheat to buy Mercedes Benz limos for the New York office, so CARE would prefer the donations in cash...
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:47:01 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(A Liberal will lick the boot on his neck if he thinks the other boot is on a Conservative's neck.)
To: Wonder Warthog
I guess what "Care" wants is a direct government dollar grant that THEY will decide how to spend. This has been a problem for decades. The local farmers can't compete with food that is free. Imagine what American farmers would say if they had to compete with free food.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:47:24 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: DoughtyOne
First time in a year that I've seen this mentioned -- that food aid depresses local agriculture. It also aggrandizes local warlords where they exist. Best thing for Africa would be for all the
aid to just stop.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:47:54 AM PDT
by
thulldud
("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
To: sauropod
On the subject of food problems in Africa:
MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!!
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:48:17 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agammemnon dead.)
To: yankeedame
I say we send them Bono instead, provided that no returns are allowed.
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:48:27 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
plant poppies and sell drugs, get food from else where
work for Afghanistan
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:48:45 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
( • not one to over kill the thought process)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:49:43 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(You can’t spell crap without the AP in it.)
To: Moonman62
“This has been a problem for decades. The local farmers can’t compete with food that is free. Imagine what American farmers would say if they had to compete with free food.”
If there is so much food from local farmers, why do we need to send more?
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Care makes an excellent point. Imagine youre a farmer; you borrow to buy seed, work the soil, raise a crop and are about to sell what youve raised. The next day, free food arrives. Whats the value of your crop ?You mean like our farmers and welfare state?
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posted on
08/20/2007 6:50:25 AM PDT
by
fella
( newspapers used habitually to poison the public opinion)
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