Halima Begum outlines her vision for what she sees as a ‘broken model’, with more power over spending given directly to the affected communities
Oxfam staff in Ethiopia. The charity aims to spend more of its money on the ground, and allow more decision making by local groups and communities.Oxfam staff in Ethiopia. The charity aims to spend more of its money on the ground, and allow more decision making by local groups and communities.
“It’s about solidarity, not charity. Images of victimhood and desperation; that’s the old, broken charity model. And that’s entirely understandable in its time and place, with its resonances of the Victorian sense of duty that was perhaps rather too centred on the donor,” says Begum. “Much of the INGO system is still configured in the same way. We say we want to build from a place of understanding and solidarity, but our structures aren’t doing that. Our structures are, in fact, still very traditional and old-fashioned,” she says.
“Where the status quo prevails, you’re essentially left with that old trope of European, Asian or African elites in the big INGOs mapping the future of relatively poor black and brown people living in developing countries,” says Begum.
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