Aid Flashcards

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Many NGO organisations around the world like UNICEF and World Vision

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They have volunteers who work countless hours, expecting nothing in return

Every year, World Vision Singapore receive thousands of people willing to lend a helping hand overseas

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Governments provide aid so that they will receive the reciprocalility when they need it

But, I feel that these geopolitical gestures do not really expect anything in return, rather, they expect the recipient country to re-distribute the funds to the lower income

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American aid – aid is mostly given to boost prestige

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MNCs have a growing role in providing aid

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French supermarket Carrefour – donated resources during the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in China, despite being critized by the chinese only a few days before

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