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The International Red Cross/Red Crescent is the only group that comes readily to mind. However, they use so much of their money fundraising and so little on actual disaster relief I have a hard time donating to them. I remember just how active they were here on the Gulf Coast with our Rita/Katrina refugees. They made FEMA look efficent!
Yep, I almost linked to the Red Crescent in the article...but doing a search on their site, they don't even have a mention of Oman or Gonu. Gah.
http://www.ifrc.org/
Is that true? I thought the Red Cross was one of the better charities in that regard, with 92 cents out of every dollar going directly to programs and services that help people in need.
The take of the Red Cross is that they were overwhelmed and confused BUT trying to do the right thing. Lots of volunteers that did not know quite what to do. There is no animus towards them.
In the first days back, I used to get one meal a day (it was interesting listening to New Orleanians, even in extremis critiquing the cooking) from them plus canned goods & dry food I brought back with me. For some, it was their only source of food (that and begging National Guard for MREs). Some days the Red Cross would give them two meals.
Apparently the Red Cross assumed that we ate like other Americans and we got WAY too much hyperprocessed junk food (do you people REALLY eat that junk ?) Badly cooked pasta with unseasoned tomato sauce was cheaper and a treat after the junk food they handed out.
OTOH, FEMA was deliberate. Michael Brown has admitted that he was supposed to make New Orleans and Louisiana elected Democratic officials look bad but make the R ones look good.
Hatred for FEMA has no bounds.
Alan