Comparisons between the American fund raising results for Haitian earthquake relief and the efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the Southeast Asian tsunami are inevitable. Here are the current results as recorded on this site.
Indonesia Opens Tsunami Museum
Mar 3rd, 2009
More than 700 families are still living in barracks in Aceh, which was home to two-thirds of the victims, and some were disappointed to see millions of dollars being spent on a monument.
Tsunami Relief Redirect
Aug 20th, 2008
Tsunami Aid Not Given, Not Used
Dec 20th, 2006
My compilation of private American aid for tsunami relief, the Stingy List, went over a billion dollars. I was less than enthusiastic about the pledges of various governments, and it would seem, for good reason.
Please note that all the stories here are about women in Aceh. The final exerpt is very important because it is from a study done very recently on life for the women of Aceh. Note that violence against women is not pervasive nor is it related to tsunami aid in any way.
The Sunday Times of London carries a story long on supposition and short on fact.
Culture of Giving
May 12th, 2006
BBC
Philanthropy is so well established it has spawned its own academic discipline.
New York University has a department of philanthropy. There is also the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
I have even attended a philanthropy workshop in the bowels of Congress, where rich Americans learned how to give their money away and how to make sure it was spent [...]
Pork Busted
Apr 24th, 2006
Think Progress e-mails me with a fine example of pork.
The junior Senator from Mississippi seems to have inserted into an aid package a provision that would advance Northrop Grumman up to a half billion dollars towards future contract payments by the government, as an assist in recovering from hurricane damages. They’re insured and are [...]
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