Russell McMahon wrote:
> I would donate money to these efforts if I thought 75% ended up in
> a refugees pocket and not funding a fat cat's new car.
>
>
> I'm fairly happy with what Oxfam seems to achieve.
> After the Indonesian Tsunami they were flying in tons of supplies 
> (with their crates visible on evening TV being forklifted into 
> aeroplanes) while the UN were still 'preparing to send people to 
> investigate requirements'.
>
>
> UNHCR have their heart more or less in the right place but they are 
> not the most efficient organisation on earth or demonstrably good at 
> dealing with internal corruption. I indirectly know a man with the UN 
> who is working within view of the Lebanese-Israeli border (his wife 
> and children just arrived in Cyprus) so they have got at least some 
> people on site (as you'd certainly expect). How many are there working 
> on humanitarian issues directly I don't know.
>
>
>   
For most of us here in the colonies, the word "UN" causes the hair to 
stand up on the back of
our heads.  If we could, we would box up the UN building and move it to 
Paris or Moscow,
where it would better fit into the landscape. I won't give any UN agency 
a dime.

The best relief organization in the world is the Mennonites; they have a 
DC3 that has supplies
ALREADY ONBOARD 24 hrs/day/365 days a year. If I give anybody support, I 
support them.

Just my 2 cents.

--Bob

>
>             Russell
>
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