West's tsunami pledges $200m short: Oxfam
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An interesting newspaper article http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1391594,00.html [^]
"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Neils Bohr
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An interesting newspaper article http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1391594,00.html [^]
"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Neils Bohr
Yeah it is interesting. Private donations made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. In £ per head of population. Norway £7.06 Sweden £6.44 Netherlands £4.90 Australia £2.80 Germany £2.77 Saudi Arabia £2.14 Canada £1.99 Austria £1.67 Britain £1.65 Greece £1.11 United States 58p France 43p I don't know if this really means anything. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
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Yeah it is interesting. Private donations made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. In £ per head of population. Norway £7.06 Sweden £6.44 Netherlands £4.90 Australia £2.80 Germany £2.77 Saudi Arabia £2.14 Canada £1.99 Austria £1.67 Britain £1.65 Greece £1.11 United States 58p France 43p I don't know if this really means anything. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
ColinDavies wrote: Private donations made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. In £ per head of population. it may or may not mean anything, donation efforts continue here. There was a telethon yesterday with a lot of big names. There are also corporate / employee matching programs being initiated. I know of 2 companies who will match their employee controbutions up to a total of 1,000,000 US. +5 because I simply don't understand how your post could be given less than 5 if someone decided to vote, a rather benign but informative post. Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me
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Yeah it is interesting. Private donations made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. In £ per head of population. Norway £7.06 Sweden £6.44 Netherlands £4.90 Australia £2.80 Germany £2.77 Saudi Arabia £2.14 Canada £1.99 Austria £1.67 Britain £1.65 Greece £1.11 United States 58p France 43p I don't know if this really means anything. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
ColinDavies wrote: France 43p I have seen today private donations are reaching 95 millions € in France, that is 1.1£/inhabitant . Private donations aren't very popular there anyway, 'cause "we" think international aid is a state mission, also "we" aren't confident about private charity.
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ColinDavies wrote: France 43p I have seen today private donations are reaching 95 millions € in France, that is 1.1£/inhabitant . Private donations aren't very popular there anyway, 'cause "we" think international aid is a state mission, also "we" aren't confident about private charity.
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K(arl) wrote: Private donations aren't very popular there anyway, 'cause "we" think international aid is a state mission, also "we" aren't confident about private charity. I guess that's a cultural issue, we on the other hand expect that the government will incur wastage and screw things up. - Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
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K(arl) wrote: Private donations aren't very popular there anyway, 'cause "we" think international aid is a state mission, also "we" aren't confident about private charity. I guess that's a cultural issue, we on the other hand expect that the government will incur wastage and screw things up. - Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
You're so anglo-saxon sometimes ;) One model cannot fit all. I hope US Republicans will understand that some day. :doh:
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