Originally Posted by Imperator

you cannot imagine how much I agree with your first response, "white mans burden", is an interesting book that categorizes and catalogues our screw ups and successes in Africa regards aid and help in all its forms etc...the success almost uniformly came as result of higher native influences and involvement in the decision making process….My only defense would be they meant well, and do some good as well, but as usual that doesn’t always translate into success, hopefully they got past this …..and remember as well, ngos etc are not immune, ala the UN etc…we have been at some of this for decades..

I liken it to a virus vaccine, you hope it just inoculates and kills any form of that virus, and you hope is does not make you sick or sicker as well…