A number of big Dutch aid groups have had their government grants slashed, while some will get no money at all any more, the foreign affairs ministry said on Monday.

Children’s charity Terre des Hommes is among those which has been turned down for government help, the Volkskrant reports.
In total, 22 alliances of aid groups had applied for almost €3bn in grants over the next five years. Aid minister Ben Knapen has given grants of €2.1bn, which will be split between 19 alliances, made up of 67 individual charities.
Appeal
Knapen did not go into details about why Terre des Hommes no longer meets the criteria. The organisation says it is to appeal against the minister’s decision.
The biggest grant goes to Oxfam Novib which will get €421m over five years, well below its hoped-for funding.
‘It is difficult to explain to our partners in developing countries, and the people there who depend on our support,’ said Farah Karimi, head of Oxfam Novib.
‘We will have to cut deeper in our own organisation than we expected… but the cuts will have a dramatic affect on the people we reach through our work,’ she told the Volkskrant.
Other sources

At the moment, aid groups are eligible for subsidies if they raise at least 25% of their funding from other sources. Knapen said he wants to meet ngo leaders to discuss alternative sources of funding.
There is growing scepticism in society about how aid money is spent, Knapen said.
The new government is cutting spending on development aid from 0.8% of GDP to 0.7%.