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BetterAid's human pyramid is a civil society expression shown through photography

10 September 2008

Better Aid created a Human Pyramid on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 near the High Level Forum in Accra, Ghana as a civil society expression of the current aid architecture.

This pyramid is meant to show that those at the bottom of the aid hierarchy do not have ownership of the programs that are meant to benefit them.  In the photos the acrobatics symbolise the "show" that many believe the High Level Forum to be, one that has few useful outcomes.  Finally, the rope in the pictures are mean to represent the complexity of today's aid system by being tangled, and show that poor people worldwide are bound by the conditions of the aid given to them, making some funds inaccessable to those who could benefit from it most. 

Photo 1:       

The pyramid of the current aid system, with donors and IFIs on the top, and those who need aid the most, tied up with conditionalities and red tape at the bottom.

Photo 2:       

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid.

Photo 3:       

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid.

Photo 4:       

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid.

Photo 5:        Citizens are the victims of tied aid.

Photo 6:        The aid system should not be a pyramid, but a circle, with donors and beneficiaries engaging on the same level.

Photo 7:        In order to move forward, we need to unite – civil society, governments, and donors.

Photo 8:       

The pyramid of the current aid system, with donors and IFIs on the top, and those who need aid the most, tied up with conditionalities and red tape at the

All Photos taken by: Flint Duxfield

The pyramid of the current aid system, with donors and IFIs on the top, and those who need aid the most, tied up with conditionalities and red tape at the bottom. : Kb

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid. : Kb

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid. : Kb

Those at the bottom of the aid pyramid have no ownership of the system, controlled by those above them, and tangled in the complexity of tied aid. : Kb

Citizens are the victims of tied aid. : Kb

The aid system should not be a pyramid, but a circle, with donors and beneficiaries engaging on the same level. : Kb

In order to move forward, we need to unite – civil society, governments, and donors. : Kb

The pyramid of the current aid system, with donors and IFIs on the top, and those who need aid the most, tied up with conditionalities and red tape at the : Kb