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All.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have a very general, but
strong, opinion to offer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aid work,
whether emergency relief or development is incredibly hard to get right.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For that reason most of the aid
organizations, even those with good reputations, are not doing a very good job
of it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The need is great, so good
people take on more than they can deliver well; and things go badly.<SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One way to improve your chances is to
specialize as much as possible, and to scale up only when most all the wrinkles
have been smoothed out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> It's true the
division between emergency and development is somewhat artificial, but that
division is there to allow organizations to focus on what they hope to do
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Moira Walsh<BR>P.O. Box 1074<BR>Faribault, MN
55021<BR><A
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