By signing it, she would be agreeing not to publicly discuss what she had experienced while working for the non-profit Engineers Without Borders Canada. In the 2017-18 fiscal year, the Canadian government gave $812 million in funding to humanitarian organizations that deliver foreign aid. They attract quite idealistic people,” says Shaista Aziz, who spent 15 years working for some of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations. Aziz says that humanitarian aid organizations need to open themselves up to watchdog organizations — ones that aren’t being paid by the organizations they investigate. Finally, in August, eight months after Rhodes spoke out publicly, Engineers Without Borders released a lengthy public statement in response.

Source: The Star March 01, 2020 12:00 UTC