# UK public's views of overseas aid 'out-of-date'

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2002/01/07/uk-public039s-views-overseas-aid-039outofdate039/
- Published: 2002-01-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A survey by international development charity VSO has found that the UK public has
an out-of-date understanding of international development work.
A survey by international
development charity VSO has found that the UK public has an out-of-date understanding
of international development work. It reveals that people are still influenced by
the images of Live Aid in 1984-5: nearly three-quarters believe that developing 
countries “depend on the money and knowledge of the West to progress”.

 

 

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If this is true, then fundraisers at development charities might well have succeeded
in generating the funds, but failed at communicating the changing needs and conditions
of their partner communities.

 

 

Read Live Aid images still influence attitudes to developing world at Ananova.

 

 

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