Humanitarian And Environmental Groups Harm Humanity And The Environment

NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor

The war against poverty is threatened by friendly fire. A swarm of media-savvy Western activists has descended upon aid agencies, staging protests to block projects that allegedly exploit the developing world. The protests serve professional agitators by keeping their pet causes in the headlines. But they do not always serve the millions of people who live without clean water or electricity.

The first page of the article presens one example, the next three explain a much larger and better-known situation (known due to bogus environmental/humanitarian claims), and the last page displays a short and modern scenario. The article is great, even for those without the time to read all five pages.