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Contributors | Mark Turner

Mark Turner was the Africa correspondent and the UN correspondent for the Financial Times. After leaving the paper, he moved into advocacy and communications; most recently, he ran outreach and communications for the International Organization for Migration after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Turner lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his wife, Anna, and their two children.

Nobody Said That Giving Would Be Easy

By Mark Turner | Nov 09, 2010

There is a regular three-phase cycle that professionals face when encountering the world of humanitarian aid. The first phase is the flush of optimistic discovery – a conviction that aid is a purely noble endeavor; that lives will be saved, situations improved and the world made a better place.

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