Yesterday I visited a farmer who is being supported by an international NGO on a poultry project. Apparently the farmer had invested his own resources to construct a large fowl run, but when the NGO came to assist they gave him some materials to construct a "standard" fowl run. They insisted that the materials they were bringing should not be used to finish the existing fowl run but construct a stand alone fowl run!. He was told "the donor wants to see where his materials have been used so you cannot mix it with other materials". I asked him if he was going to use the smaller fowl run. He said "Yes until the project is over"! We should strive to make AID effective by exploiting synergies between different actors including the efforts of those we seek to aid.
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