Christian humanitarian aid Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Critics == In 2003, Abby Stoddard criticized Christian NGOs for not respecting the principle of [[Neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]] in the armed conflict in [[South Sudan]], because of their support for the regional independence.<ref name="Ferris"/> According to Tamsin Bradley, who performed a study in [[Rajasthan]] ([[India]]), faith and compassion occasionally result in members of Christian NGOs overlooking the actual needs of people they assist, as well as their long-term needs.<ref>Tamsin Bradley, [https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01438300500460401 Does Compassion Bring Results? a Critical Perspective on Faith and Development],''Culture and Religion'' 6 (3) (2005), pages 337-351</ref> Some have criticized the actions of [[Mother Teresa]] as "an imperialist enterprise of the Catholic Church, against an Eastern population, in an oriental city" and a "cult of suffering" little concerned about hygiene.<ref>K. Schultz [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/world/asia/mother-teresa-critic.html?_r=0 A Critic's Lonely Quest: Revealing the Whole Truth About Mother Teresa], New York Times, August 26, 2016</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page