Could a survey of 33 questions be the difference between whether a person qualifies for food aid or not? We often talk about food aid organizations and the projects they implement to combat food crises or the chronic challenges to food security. But who are the people who make these projects happen? How do they make decisions that affect the distribution of often limited aid resources to the hungry or food insecure?
Uwe Buse sheds light on these questions in his article in Der Spiegel, “Playing God on a Limited Budget: The Challenge of Deciding Who to Feed.” Those considering a career in the humanitarian aid field will be interested in the article’s discussion of the career path and current responsibilities of World Food Programme’s (WFP) deputy regional director for Asia. Also, an explanation of an aid organization’s choice of providing food aid to an elderly person but not a pregnant woman during a particular campaign offers insight into what Buse calls the “ugly, inhuman side of international aid.”
Posted by Michael Lucivero.
