ABSTRACT
The future role of private institutions in relief and development programs abroad is complicated and shrouded in drifting fogs of uncertainty. Private grantmakers who are in any way open to funding activities related to international issues should give consideration to such educational and informational programs. In educating the general public about the needs of disasteraffected peoples and the problems and hopes of developing countries, the private voluntary organizations play a significant role. With hurricanes, earthquakes, droughts, and tidal waves the unpredictable but recurring experiences for various parts of our disaster-prone globe, emergency relief will always be required. About 90 percent of food Agency for International Development (AID) goes not as emergency relief but to lighten the balance of payments burdens of poor countries. Even more disturbing are the reports on the relationship between American food aid and the continuing severe poverty of millions of rural people in Bangladesh.
