Save the Children staff furious over ‘global legacy’ award for Tony Blai

[elleng]

The charity Save the Children faces a backlash from staff after it presented Tony Blair with a “global legacy award” in New York last week – despite privately acknowledging that he is a controversial and divisive figure.

Amid widespread criticism on social media, many of the charity’s staff have complained that the presentation of the award has discredited Save the Children (STC). An internal letter, which gathered almost 200 signatures – including senior regional staff – in the first six hours of dissemination, said the award was not only “morally reprehensible, but also endangers our credibility globally”, and called for it to be withdrawn.

It said that staff wished to distance themselves from the award and demanded a review of the charity’s decision-making process.

“We consider this award inappropriate and a betrayal to Save the Children’s founding principles and values. Management staff in the region were not communicated with nor consulted about the award and were caught by surprise with this decision,” it said.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/25/save-the-children-furious-charity-global-legacy-tony-blair

[djean111]

1. I agree with them. Totally inappropriate. Maybe the award was given with a view to donations

from Blair's rich banker friends.

eta - Even worse, it was given to him be the US arm of STC.

[samsingh]

2. it is a complete betrayal of the charities good name

who's the imbecile who made this happen?

[bvar22]

3. Tony Blair's Global Legacy:

*A WAR started with LIES

*Several hundred THOUSAND people killed unnecessarily

*A Million innocents maimed and disfigured for life

*Millions of innocents displaced and their homes destroyed


Wat to GO, Tony!