Faith-based organisations --- Thanks Etienne and Fanny. The broad rule of thumb we used in IFRC in my time was that we were unconcerned by a faith base for an NGO unless it used its place in an humanitarian situation for proselytising. We partnered with several in my own experience, including one run by the Orthodox Patriarch for Africa (based in Alexandria, Egypt) for HIV work in parts of Kenya where it had the best access to certain groups of vulnerable people. The Kenyan Red Cross was fully aware of the action.

Source author: Christopher Lamb christopher.lamb17@gmail.com