By Helena Williams For 25 years photo agency Panos Pictures has been covering stories the mainstream media won't. The commercial arm of the development NGO the Panos Institute (now Panos London) has had photographers documenting history as it unfolds, with a focus on social and development stories globally....more
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Aid and the media: A troubled relationship
By Gianluca MezzofioreA panel at the Frontline Club, chaired by Mark Galloway, director of International Broadcasting Trust, an educational and media charity which works on range of projects to promote media coverage of the developing world, discussed yesterday the problems......more
In the Picture: Orphaned and Ostracised- HIV in Africa with Carol Allen Storey
By Antje Bormann Broadcaster Sue Steward introduced Carol Allen Storey as one of the most fascinating photojournalists around. Carol Allen Storey’s photographic career started 10 years ago following a thorough rethink of a successful career in the fashion and beauty......more
Aid & accountability: still a happy couple?
By Gianluca MezzofiorePublic interest in international aid is slowly growing across the UK, as catastrophic disasters such as the Pakistani floods make demands on people’s generosity.But what is the level of accountability and transparency of aid agencies and NGOs responsible......more
Leah Chishugi - Everything is a Benefit
By Oliver Franklin“I thought it was a nightmare… a dream,” Leah Chishugi, survivor of the Rwandan genocide and author of A Long Way From Paradise, told a particularly sober crowd at yesterday’s Frontline event. Stifling back emotion, Chishugi was describing......more
Forget about projects, give money to the people instead
By Gianluca Mezzofiore Experts on international aid marked yesterday the importance of effectiveness and risk-taking in delivering money to countries in need of help. In a panel discussion chaired by Humphrey Hawksley, leading BBC foreign correspondent, four professionals on humanitarian......more
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