Welcome to the restless politics question time with me, Alistair Campbell and with me

Rory Stewart.

Rory, shall we kick off in Morocco?

I guess that's been the other major news story, Matt Davis, Morocco, earthquake, which

charity would Rory recommend giving money to so that it arrives quickly and achieves

the most.

Ideally, I'd like the funds to distribute to locals in the way he has described previously.

Well, I mean, there's a very kind question from Matt Davis.

So I'm very close to involved.

I've been the president.

I'm now transitioning to be the senior advisor in a charity call, give directly, which is

on the ground in Morocco.

We have teams on the ground in Morocco, who are very experienced in doing direct cash support

and particularly in an emergency situation.

It's very difficult to beat giving direct cash because you can't know from a thousand

miles away exactly what somebody who's been hit by an earthquake needs, do they need shelter

to they need food, do they need to get a business off the ground?

You need very individualized response and cash is generally, and this is studied by

randomized control trials.

And this is one of the reasons I'm so proud of, give directly, that it uses proper scientific

research to demonstrate this, the most effective way of getting support to people and allowing

them to get back on their feet.

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