America's North Shore Journal » Stingy List
Comparison of Haiti donations to Katrina and the tsunami
Comparisons between the American fund raising results for Haitian earthquake relief and the efforts after Hurricane Katrina and the Southeast Asian tsunami are inevitable. Private giving by Americans, individuals, foundations and corporations has always been generous. Our economy is significantly weaker than it was in 2004-2005 and that may be the biggest factor affecting giving to date. Some of the historical numbers include money raised by churches. Those collections have happened but have not been reported publicly as far as can be determined for the Haiti relief effort. Here are the current results as recorded on this site. The column titles are links to the articles on that topic. HAITI QUAKE HURRICANE KATRINA INDONESIAN TSUNAMI Date: Jan 12, 2010 Aug 29, 2005 Dec 26, 2004 Plus 6 days $156,044,390 Plus 7 days $207,882,580 Plus 11 days $632,783,990 $401,784,551 Plus 13 days $306,797,596 $456,916,726 This table will be updated as the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Analysis, Charity, Disasters, Original writing, Reporting, Stingy List
Indonesia Opens Tsunami Museum
Indonesia has opened a $5.6 million museum to commemorate the 230,000 people who died in the 2004 Asian tsunami. The four-level building in hardest-hit Aceh province exhibits photographs of victims, stories of survivors and an electronic simulation of the massive undersea earthquake that triggered the 30-foot-high waves. It also describes the tremendous outpouring of support from governments, companies and individuals in the aftermath of the Dec. 26, 2004 disaster, which caused death and destruction in a dozen nations. More than $13 billion was pledged to house and feed survivors and to rebuild devastated coasts. Fox News … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Disasters, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Tsunami Relief Redirect
Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link. It’s obsolete, so go here: LINK That’s the entire category. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Stingy List
Habitat for Humanity’s Tsunami Recovery Overview
Habitat for Humanity In the year since the Indian Ocean tsunami, Habitat for Humanity has assisted an estimated 6,000 households in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand to gain permanent housing. Over the next 24 months, Habitat for Humanity plans to provide direct housing assistance to as many as 20,000 families, and to assist 10,000 to 15,000 more households with training and disaster mitigation services. Program targets* Jan. 1, 2005–Dec. 31, 2007 Total families to be served — 35,000 Families to receive direct housing assistance — 20,000 Additional families to be served through training and disaster mitigation — 10,000–15,000 *At the one-year mark, countries have revised their individual goals; if the new goals are met, 21,000 families will receive housing and more than 39,000 households will be served. The first year Funds raised — US$54 million Funds transferred to implementing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Tsunami Anniversary
It’s one year since the tsunami ravaged the coasts of South Asia. If you’d like to read about the initial relief effort, it’s fairly well documented in my blog. I originated the Stingy List, a PDF file listing the billion plus dollars donated to tsunami relief by Americans, individuals, businesses and groups. The Financial Times had pointed out in a series that much of the money overseen by the United Nation is spent in overhead, or the UN is refusing to disclose its uses. I’d link, but the Financial Times hides behind a registration. This point has come up in the past. In August, I answered the whining of a leftist aid group in my post titled Tsunami: Aid Use. In the post is a table, illustrating the moneys pledged by … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Commentary, Original writing, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Time’s Person of the Year
Poliblog points out this story. Time picks three very rich people as their person[s] of the year. For their giving, of course. I agree with him that there were a number of better choices. I once wrote that while it was laudable what Princess Diana did in her chairitable endeavours, she could afford to. Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono can also afford to be generous. It the people who make time to be generous, who give a dollar more than they can afford, who ought to be the Persons of the Year. Americans gave over a billion dollars at the beginning of the year to tsunami relief. They gave over a billion dollars to hurricane relief in the Gulf. Americans gave up valuable time to coach Little Leage teams, to guide Cub … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Commentary, Katrina relief, Original writing, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Tsunami: Donations and Status
I’m no longer working on the Stingy List, but I did want to point out that tsunami charity continues worldwide. Gulf Times BRITISH Airways together with Ramada Hotel and Doha Golf Club has raised QR180,000 for Southeast Asia’s tsunami-stricken children. The money was raised at an auction gala dinner organised during a celebrity amateur golf tournament, with international celebrities from the UK and individual contributors from Qatar participating. At an awards ceremony held at the British Airways office recently, representatives of British Airways, Ramada Hotel and Doha Golf Club presented a cheque for the amount to Omar Shehadeh, Unicef Gulf area office representative, a spokesman for British Airways said in a release. Rory Black, British Airways commercial manager for Qatar and Bahrain, said the donation will help make a difference in the lives of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Tsunami: Six Months and Building
I’ve completed a more detailed look at the state of tsunami aid on the six month anniversary of the disaster. That page is called Tsunami Aid. It’s not meant to be comprehensive, just representative of the work that’s been done and that to be done. It covers the world’s response, not just Americas. If you want some idea of what happened to your money, go take a look. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Coming Soon: Future Posts
- Declaration of War 1812 (in 135 days)
- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 140 days)
- General Hull Invades Canada (in 159 days)
- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 166 days)
On Y!CN
- Radioactive Gravel from Japanese Nuke Disaster Used in Buildings
- Fuel Supplies Reach Nome
- Fuel Convoy Reaches Nome
- Russians Sail to Rescue of Ice Bound Alaska Community
- Pope Embraces Anglicans in U.S. with New Ordinariate
- Nebraska Nuke Plant Placed on Special Inspection Status
- Radioactive Water Leaks at Japanese Nuke Site
- Japan Damaged Nuke Plants Still Not Under Control
Social Links
Culture of Giving
May 12th, 2006 | Comments Off
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 on the right causes. Whether it is the quest for a legacy, the desire to change the world, the determination not to spoil one’s children or simply the tax code, Americans – wealthy and not so wealthy – are giving their dollars away by the lorry load. And the rest of the world has a long way to catch up. The author takes a shot at the United States government by suggesting that private Americans gave more … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Commentary, Original writing, Stingy List, Tsunami relief