Pat Gesch SVD
Abstract
With the emergence of peace out of the Bougainville Crisis, aid agencies and NGOs formed programs to assist in reconstruction and reconciliation with their funding and expertise. Although such help was generally welcomed, it presented the beneficiaries with the dilemma of being under the direction of outsiders. This was seen to be the dominant character of the resentment leading up to the revolutionary outburst of the Crisis. The receipt of aid presented the islanders with continual dilemmas about who was making the decisions in any aid situation. Differing opinions on aid were settled by outsiders. This ties in too closely with the strong resentment about outside influence which can be traced up to the troubles.
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