CARE Affair #11 - Power

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Little Precious lives in Zimbabwe and watches a borehole being drilled. CARE captured the moment
that fresh water came to the surface. A strong proof of what donations can make happen on the ground.
Photos: Timothy Buckley (left), Sofie Amalie Klougart (right)
AID
According to UN estimates, over 18 billion euros will be needed worldwide for aid in 2018. By the way, in 2015 the
global market for chewing gum was 21 billion euros. Many of the crises that one reads about in prognoses like this seem to
be foreign and far away. What doesn’t appear in the evening news program isn’t happening. The much-quoted CNN effect
is reflected again and again in the amount of donations aid organizations receive for different disasters. And at the same
time, institutional donors such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the European Union decide how much money they
will provide for which crises. Marc Engelhardt reports on page 106 onwards about the stage provided for them at so-called
donor or pledging conferences. And from page 44 onwards we talk to Dr. Kai Gniffke, chief editor of the German national
daily TV news programs Tagesschau and Tagesthemen. He himself says, “We are not powerful”. Is that really true? And what
about a person who donates regularly and unrestrictedly – what power does that person have about how their money is
used? Daniel al-Ayoubi explores this topic from page 92. But just a minute – is aid always good? Can’t the abuse of power
occur in this field, too? From page 18, Professor Ruth Hagengruber takes us on a journey through the philosophy of power
in the humanitarian field.
CARE affair N o. 11 — Power
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