Published in the Daily Mail (June 4th, 2011) Like most people of my generation, I can still recall with utmost clarity the moment a bunch of denim-clad rockers […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
Stop the flow of cash to Rwanda’s despotic regime
Published in The Times (May 23rd, 2011) Somehow, we never seem to learn. This year, we have seen seismic uprisings in North Africa expose the shabby foundations of […]
Aid
Despite our noble intentions, aid does not solve problems – it just makes them worse
Published in the Daily Mail (May 18th, 2011) The Marriott Hotel in Islamabad symbolises Pakistan’s profound problems with terrorism and its amazing spirit of survival. Three years ago, […]
Aid
The scandal of orphanages in tourist resorts and disaster zones that rent children to fleece gullible Westerners
Published in The Mail on Sunday (April 10th, 2011) As a child welfare expert who has worked amid bullets and bombs in some of the world’s toughest war […]
Aid
Western aid now does more harm than good
Published in the London Evening Standard (March 1st, 2011) As Harry Truman’s team prepared his inaugural presidential address in late 1948, there was concern that the section on […]
Aid / Haiti / World
One year on, Haiti is still in the grip of despair and chaos. And the huge aid effort you funded is to blame
Published in the Daily Mail (January 13th, 2011) The rows of tents seem to stretch on for ever, a symbol of Haiti’s hopelessness. Each one has been home […]
Africa / Aid / General
There has never been a better time to be alive
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2011) These are difficult days. Not just because for many people it is the first day back at work, but […]
Aid
Before you pay to volunteer abroad, think of the harm you might do
Published in The Observer (November 14th, 2010) By 10pm, the aptly named Bar Street is pulsating with tourists drawn to Siem Reap by the famous Cambodian ruins of […]
Aid / Haiti
Death, disaster and a shocking reality
Published in The Independent (January 16th, 2010) Around the world, presidents and prime ministers mouth platitudes about sharing the pain of Haiti. But they should consider a simple […]