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FARMER –> USAID suspends all food assistance to Ethiopia after uncovering scheme diverting aid

1. Farmer says:

   June 9, 2023 - 3:53 pm at 3:53 pm

   This has been going on for years and years already. Most famines in Ethiopia have been political events. They were not driven by shortages so much as by people being deprived of food by the military or outside agencies. There is lots of profit in food diversion schemes and things that are given charitably typically end up being sold on the black market. I have seen it myself first hand where sacks of donated flour and rice that are clearly marked as USAid donations are available for sale in the open markets. The practice is rampant and well established. Even worse in some cases is where you sponsor a child but almost all the money ends up in the pockets of a few key people in well known charitable agencies. Then they will hand out a tiny fraction of your 30 dollars monthly stipend and pocket the rest. If the sponsor or child complains they get cut off altogether so everyone shuts up about the dirty little secret. Meanwhile the agency managers are driving around in brand new Mercedes and Lexus like a bunch of bigshots and nobody does anything. Corruption around the charity and food donation business is epidemic sorry to say. But who is really surprised about that?