America's North Shore Journal

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 »