Posts Tagged ‘Aid dependency’

Archbishop asks if free schemes are a good thing

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

The Archbishop of Suva, Peter Loy Chong, says people need to ask themselves, what are the free schemes such as bus fares and school fees doing to them. Chong said members of the community should see whether the assistance empowered them and made them independent. “We need to ask ourselves, what is the free scheme such Read more

PNG Church concerned over aid dependency

Friday, April 4th, 2014

There’s a growing concern within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea that Australian aid is creating a culture of dependency, if the money ends up in the right place at all. Reuben Mete, who’s Director of the Youth Desk for the church is calling for the aid programme to be resigned. He says Read more