MoveOn wants to urge our government to commit more resources now and provide global leadership to prevent further suffering.
http://www.moveon.org/tsunamirelief/
They also provide a link to Oxfam’s Asia Earthquake Fund.
Oxfam is a Boston-based international relief agency. Brian was asking about the percentage of money used for relief. Oxfam says on their site:
In 2003, nearly 78 percent of funds went directly to our programs. The balance supported fundraising (10.7 percent), member recruitment (5.4 percent), and administration (6.5 percent). Overall, we made major investments in humanitarian relief and rehabilitation programs in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and southern Africa. Oxfam also invested in the public awareness of global trade issues surrounding our Make Trade Fair campaign.
I’ll be donating to Oxfam.
Posted by James at December 30, 2004 12:40 PMI signed the petition and included my own comments about REAL leadership and such. The extra comments were likely a wasted effort as I seriously doubt the president (small P intentional) will read any of them. He'll get a bullet item that says X thousand people are upset. And he'll ask if any of them are big donors. And they'll say No.
Posted by: briwei at December 30, 2004 5:08 PMWe have given to both Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers. Here's a blurb from DWB/MSF:
"The MSF international network collectively strives to direct at least 80 percent of its expenditures to program activities."
(Last year, 85.67% went to program activities.)
"We have consistently met all standards of watchdog agencies and have recently been awarded an 'A' rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy. The watchdog agencies' reports are available to the general public. In December 2002, Worth magazine named MSF as one of 'America's 100 Best Charities.'"
Posted by: Patti M. at January 4, 2005 10:58 AM