Friday, August 04, 2006

Success in raising funds depends on aid's destination - baltimoresun.com

Success in raising funds depends on aid's destination - baltimoresun.com: "After an earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Java in May, donors responded. World Vision U.S., a Christian aid organization, quickly received hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to help those left devastated by what nature had wrought.

To aid the more than 700,000 displaced in Lebanon during fighting that has raged between Israel and Hezbollah over the past three weeks, the call has gone out again.

This time, donors have been 'lukewarm,' a senior official says, offering $160,000 in donations to assist those injured and displaced by the attacks. That's just one-quarter of what they gave after the Indonesian disaster."

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