‘Stingy List’ Archives
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tsunami Relief Redirect
Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link. It's obsolete, so go here: LINK That's the entire category.
Culture of Giving
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Time's Person of the Year
Poliblog points out this story. Time picks three very rich people as their person 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 [...]
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 TimesBRITISH 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 [...]
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 [...]
