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! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text== Controversies == Conflicts of collaboration have occurred between Catholic [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]s and non-confessional NGOs in the fight against [[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome|AIDS]], mainly because of different views on the use of [[condoms]].<ref>L. Ferrari, "[http://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1773&context=faculty_pubs&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fscholar%3Fstart%3D140%26q%3D%2522christian%2BNGO%2522%2Bcriticism%26hl%3Den%26as_sdt%3D0%2C5#search=%22christian%20NGO%20criticism%22 Catholic and Non-Catholic NGOs Fighting HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issue Framing and Collaboration]", ''International Relations'' 25(1) (2011), pages 85-107</ref> In [[Bangladesh]], some Christian NGOs are criticized for their activity of [[evangelism]]. According to the [[sociologist]] Geoffrey Martin, there is no overall policy, but some employees of Christian NGOs distribute bibles to the people they assist.<ref name = "Fayner"/> [[Evangelical]] aid has been criticized by more traditional Christian NGOs because they have not separated evangelism and humanitarian aid, which could affect all Christian humanitarian NGOs.<ref name="Ferris"/> It has been difficult for some Christian and Muslim NGOs to collaborate.<ref>C. Benedetti, "[http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/political_science/shared/political_science/3205/Benedetti-Islamic%20and%20Christian%20Insipired%20Relief%20NGOs.pdf Islamic and Christian Inspired Relief NGOs: Between Tactical Collaboration And Strategic Diffidence?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226154633/http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/political_science/shared/political_science/3205/Benedetti-Islamic%20and%20Christian%20Insipired%20Relief%20NGOs.pdf|date=2014-12-26}}", ''Journal of International Development'' 18 (2006), pages 849–859</ref> In 2007, an anonymous tip accused local [[World Vision International]] employees in [[Liberia]] of diverting food stocks and building materials for personal use. <ref> BBC, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8084477.stm Liberia aid workers 'stole $1m'], news.bbc.co.uk, UK, June 5, 2009</ref> The NGO sent investigators to different partner cities in the country and estimated that 90% of its aid in the country had disappeared in fraud, while reports mentioned cities that did not even exist. Following this event, the organization set up a fraud reporting hotline. 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