For most humanitarian workers, the mission to help vulnerable communities in crisis conditions, through relationships built on trust and empowerment, is nothing if not challenging. So, when news headlines scream about aid officials sexually exploiting earthquake victims as headlines that sent shockwaves through the aid world and sparked widespread public outrage did recently, that mission becomes near impossible. The latest scandals involve specific organisations but the damage cuts across the whole of civil society. Our stakeholders’ trust is severely harmed. Critics are indeed using the recent scandals to delegitimise aid and humanitarian efforts. We, in civil society, must all be prepared to have this debate – seriously and honestly. Read more here.
Source: Global Standard