6 To 8 billion and counting

mdrbowler99 · 01-12-2005, 06:10 AM

How much aid is needed for such a poor nation as Somalia.Their labor is a fraction of ours so cleanup should be a fraction of what it would be here.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.Now there are more fundraisers planned.Somebody is getting very,very rich off this disaster.

datamax · 01-12-2005, 06:14 AM

I do not know how much aid is needed do you ? How amny millions displaced ? How many hundreds of thousands died ? what percentage needs help in rebuilding and which needs left to the countries to do themselves I don't know. AS with any large fund raising efforts there is the chance of someone taking advantage. That people are "getting rich" is overdramatization.

Charlie P · 01-12-2005, 06:16 AM

Somalia wasn't one of the 11 nations hit by the Tsunami was it?

kevin1 · 01-12-2005, 06:20 AM

Somalia's GDP is probably nowhere near that figure ,
yeah , somebody's making a buck there .

BTW , since Somalia is in a constant state of emergency , famine , and war wouldn't it just be more productive to liquidate them as a country and start over from scratch ? It seems like it would be less expensive in the long run .

Sam Kinison said it best:
Don't send them food , send them U-Haul trailers . That way they can move TO WHERE THE FOOD IS ! See this ? This is sand ! Nothing grows in it ! Do you know why ? Because you live in a f*****g desert a**hole !

mdrbowler99 · 01-12-2005, 06:38 AM

I am sorry,it was Sumatra that was hit,and it is not that poor a nation with coffee,spices,tea,timber,bauxite,and oil for export.

Popere · 01-12-2005, 07:01 AM

I also believe that people are getting rich off of this disaster.

david m · 01-12-2005, 07:44 AM

fundraisers solicit donations from private citizens and corporations, not tax dollars.

who are you to complain about how i choose to spend my money?

i donated money to UNICEF, and i feel it was money well spent. i earned that money, and i chose to send it overseas.

Charlie P · 01-12-2005, 07:48 AM

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i donated money to UNICEF, and i feel it was money well spent.

What percentage of UNICEF money is used for admistrative costs?

I was watching a show the other day and they said 98% of the money was getting to the people, can't remeber the charity.

Charlie P · 01-12-2005, 07:49 AM

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I also believe that people are getting rich off of this disaster.

Who is?

david m · 01-12-2005, 07:55 AM

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ORIGINAL: Charlie P

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i donated money to UNICEF, and i feel it was money well spent.

What percentage of UNICEF money is used for admistrative costs?

I was watching a show the other day and they said 98% of the money was getting to the people, can't remeber the charity.

this is what i found...

88.5% of the money goes directly to the people....3.4% is used for administrative expenses...and 8.1% is used for fundraising purposes....