Tsunami Help

Kitsune · 12-30-2004, 09:00 AM

American Red Cross - International Response Fund
Americares - International Relief
Doctors Without Borders

I *think* and hope that the above organizations use the donations as best they can. I've always donated to the Red Cross before but I'm always hesitant following the 9/11 fund fiasco.

If anyone else can offer any more sources, I'd appreciate it!

elSicomoro · 12-30-2004, 09:10 AM

Here are a bunch of them...I know we just got done with Xmas, but it's still the Xmas season, and those folks really need it.

404Error · 01-16-2005, 01:22 AM

Here's a link I got in an email today of some before and after satellite photos of the tsunami. These are the best pictures I've seen to date of the devastation it caused. There's also a link to information and relief organizations.

Troubleshooter · 01-16-2005, 01:41 AM

More money has been sent over there than they can possibly use for the forseeable future. Give them a chance to rebuild their infrastructure and see what is needed then. Give it a few months and you also reduce the liklihood of waste as well.

Radar · 01-16-2005, 03:15 AM

LOL @ more money than they can use. They can use every penny, and haven't even gotten 1% of what they need

elSicomoro · 01-16-2005, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

More money has been sent over there than they can possibly use for the forseeable future. Give them a chance to rebuild their infrastructure and see what is needed then. Give it a few months and you also reduce the liklihood of waste as well.

I've only heard one group say something along these lines thus far--Médecins Sans Frontières.

Griff · 01-16-2005, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

More money has been sent over there than they can possibly use for the forseeable future. Give them a chance to rebuild their infrastructure and see what is needed then. Give it a few months and you also reduce the liklihood of waste as well.

It is a good idea to stretch out your giving with a major disaster like this that will absorb many years/dollars. When they drift off the tv screens the funds will dry up. You may want to look for a group that is set up for long term development. As usual I'm going with CRS but there is a charity for everybody out there.

Troubleshooter · 01-16-2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

LOL @ more money than they can use. They can use every penny, and haven't even gotten 1% of what they need

My point is that they can't really use that much money right now. They need materiel and infrastructure stabilization at the moment. Food, medicine, demolition and construction equipment, building materials, etc.

All that is gained by continuing to send them money instead of say, extending them credit, is the opportunity for graft and fraud

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2005, 09:28 PM

Boeing makes it sooooo easy.
They give me a link to click.
They fill in the blanks because they know who I am and where I live.
I type in my credit card number.
I check off any combination of CARE, Red Cross, Mercy Corps.
Print out my tax receipt.
Boeing gets the money from VISA, matches it dollar for dollar and sends it to my designated charity.
Took me all of two minutes to get those pesky victims off my conscience. :hafucking

Troubleshooter · 01-18-2005, 09:49 AM

Sucker...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2005, 08:52 PM

12-30-2004, 09:00 AM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Tsunami Help American Red Cross - International Response Fund Americares - International Relief Doctors Without Borders I think and hope that the above organizations use the donations as best they can. I've always donated to the Red Cross before but I'm always hesitant following the 9/11 fund fiasco. If anyone else can offer any more sources, I'd appreciate it!

01-16-2005, 01:22 AM	#3
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Here's a link I got in an email today of some before and after satellite photos of the tsunami. These are the best pictures I've seen to date of the devastation it caused. There's also a link to information and relief organizations. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

01-16-2005, 01:41 AM	#4
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	More money has been sent over there than they can possibly use for the forseeable future. Give them a chance to rebuild their infrastructure and see what is needed then. Give it a few months and you also reduce the liklihood of waste as well. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-16-2005, 03:15 AM	#5
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	LOL @ more money than they can use. They can use every penny, and haven't even gotten 1% of what they need __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

01-17-2005, 09:28 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Boeing makes it sooooo easy. They give me a link to click. They fill in the blanks because they know who I am and where I live. I type in my credit card number. I check off any combination of CARE, Red Cross, Mercy Corps. Print out my tax receipt. Boeing gets the money from VISA, matches it dollar for dollar and sends it to my designated charity. Took me all of two minutes to get those pesky victims off my conscience. :hafucking __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2004, 09:10 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Here are a bunch of them...I know we just got done with Xmas, but it's still the Xmas season, and those folks really need it.

01-18-2005, 09:49 AM	#10
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Sucker... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-18-2005, 08:52 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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