4.2 Funding of International Development
Organisations
The United Kingdom's Department for International Development
provide funding to the above five organisation through Programme Partnership
Agreements that differs from one organisation to the other according to their
needs. These Programme Partnership Agreements are long-term agreements between
the Government and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating globally that
achieve real results in the fight for the alleviation of poverty, provide good
value for money and support the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals
(Department for International Development, 2014). The following table
illustrates DFID's funding through the signed Programme Partnership Agreements
with the selected organisations:
Table 1 DFID Civil Society Organisations Funding
(2014)
|
Organisation
|
Department of International Development
Funding
(£)
|
|
Action Aid
|
12,357,015
|
|
Christian Aid
|
21,767,781
|
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OXFAM
|
33,513,105
|
|
Plan International
|
12,303,165
|
|
Water Aid
|
12,604,920
|
Other sources of funding for the above organisations include
private donations and fund raising campaigns.
4.3 Analysis
This section of the dissertation gives an in-depth analysis of
the strategic plans of the five selected organisations. It picks up from the
findings section and compares the different frameworks used by these
organisations.
4.3.1 Strategy
The review of the five organisations shows that most
International Development Organisation have a global strategies that are
supported by individual country strategies. The global strategies are the map
or the blueprint that will guide the selection of the programmes launched in
different regions worldwide whereas the country strategies are more specific to
the needs and the demand in a given country.
Action Aid's global strategy focuses on the fight for the
eradication of poverty through the promotion of agriculture, the control of
natural resources, the improvement of the quality of education and the
empowerment of women whereas Oxfam's strategy focuses more on gender
equality/justice, the promotion of health and the improvement of the quality of
food.
Plan International's work puts emphasis on children's rights
through the promotion of education, health and the improvement of their quality
of life in impoverished countries.
Christian Aid's strategy focuses on the improvement of the lives
of men, women and children from HIV awareness to supporting human rights and
gender equality whereas Water Aid's strategy focuses on hygiene and sanitation
in poor countries.
These strategies are all related and linked to the United
Nations' Millennium Development Goals which aim to:
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- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education,
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/Aids, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability, and
- Promote global partnerships for development
The Global Strategy of an International Development Organisation
is very unlikely to change and usually has a lifespan of five to ten years
whereas country strategies change according to the needs of the country which
are assessed through surveys and the demand in the region.
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