Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland

3:20 pm

Ms Karol Balfe:

Our concern is to work with civil society within Angola and the principles on which they operate are respect for human rights of all citizens, equality, gender equality, greater access to land and issues like that. They are not concerned about who is in power but with how that power is exercised. It really is about building the change that really changes the structures. It is not necessarily about who is in power but it is-----