In a BBC investigation, its recently discovered that the Ethiopian famine of 1984 to 1985 had millions of dollars in western aid spend by rebels to get weapons.
The BBC was told by the former rebel leaders that they posed as merchants in meetings with charity, to get hold of the aid money.
It was estimated at $95m or £63m from charities and western governments, and also band aid, which was channelled into the rebel fight to gain the money.
It has been suggested by evidence that even though millions of people were saved by the aid, that not all of the aid went to the people who needed it the most.
I think this was a very unfair way of using the millions of pounds that was raised by live aid in 1985 for it not all to be used to go towards the most needy. Max Peberdy is an aid worker from Christian aid, and he carried across the border, nearly $500, 000 in Ethiopian currency, which he used to purchase grain from merchants, and does not believe that any of the aid money he carried was diverted. He said that it’s been 25 since this all happened, and no one has claimed such a thing over all these years.
The BBC was told by the former rebel leaders that they posed as merchants in meetings with charity, to get hold of the aid money.
It was estimated at $95m or £63m from charities and western governments, and also band aid, which was channelled into the rebel fight to gain the money.
It has been suggested by evidence that even though millions of people were saved by the aid, that not all of the aid went to the people who needed it the most.
I think this was a very unfair way of using the millions of pounds that was raised by live aid in 1985 for it not all to be used to go towards the most needy. Max Peberdy is an aid worker from Christian aid, and he carried across the border, nearly $500, 000 in Ethiopian currency, which he used to purchase grain from merchants, and does not believe that any of the aid money he carried was diverted. He said that it’s been 25 since this all happened, and no one has claimed such a thing over all these years.
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