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...something may be changing, because 2005 has been a special test. First the tsunami hit just before New Year's-- 240,000 lives lost, $1.3 billion raised in the U.S. alone, a record for an overseas disaster. Then more tragedies piled up: flooding and mudslides killed hundreds in Guatemala, and an earthquake killed 80,000 in Pakistan. But most of all, we were reminded what disaster feels like here at home, and we raised $1.7 billion to help hurricane victims...
Although Harvard matched donations for both last year’s tsunami relief effort and for Katrina relief this fall, Summers said in an interview with The Crimson last week that he did not expect the University to do the same for the recent earthquake in Kashmir that left 53,000 dead...
Summers called the University’s matching of donations for tsunami and Katrina relief an “extraordinary step,” and indicated that there was no guarantee that future disasters would be met with the same response...
...call to have a clear-cut policy as to when Harvard will match donations, we feel that the University should continue its current policy of donating when there is a tremendous community outcry, even though doing so appears arbitrary. In the wake of last winter’s tsunamis, the University matched donations from students, faculty, and staff up to $100. Harvard ended up matching $245,877 of donations to a variety of charities. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the University again offered to match donations. Although the exact numbers have yet to be released, preliminary indications suggest that...
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Harvard University’s responses to recent natural disasters have been models for other institutions to follow. And that’s exactly the problem.In the wake of last December’s devastating tsunami in Asia, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced that the University would match donations to 26 approved charities up to $100 per person. The effort raised over $500,000, with Harvard contributing $245,877 in matching funds. After Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, the University again matched donations to eight charities up to $100 per person...