WILL TSUNAMI GIVING AFFECT OTHER CRISES? (Help needed for other places)

[Liberty Belle]

Will Tsunami Giving Affect Other Crises?
Aid Groups Are Heartened by Tsunami Response, and Hope it Also Means Help for Other Emergency Zones

Jan. 9, 2005 — As images were broadcast around the world of the devastating South Asian tsunami — more than 150,000 people killed, children orphaned, families searching for loved ones — governments and private citizens opened their wallets, pledging unprecedented billions for disaster relief.

"When they got images of the people in those camps, when they got images of the devastation, they were moved to do something because people are compassionate," said Lurma Rackley, a spokeswoman for the aid group CARE, which fights poverty in 70 countries.

But in parts of the world not hit by the tsunami — places like the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Darfur region of Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia and Haiti — there are death tolls that can reach into the millions, along with reports of torture, rape, starvation and forced homelessness. People in those places need help too...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=393037&page=1

[Squatch]

1. I was just asking my wife a similar question.

I laud the fund raising efforts and am pleased at the outpouring of support from the international community.

However, I passed a soup kitchen today that had been closed down months ago to lack of funding.

[Skittles]

2. I informed Doctors Without Borders they can do what they like

with my donation and I will be making more donations

[Liberty Belle]

3. Good for you.

It's good to know there's something positive we can still accomplish.