Word: tsunamis
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Then there is the help that is no help at all. After the 2004 tsunami, aid poured in from all over the world. But it included tons of outdated or unneeded medicines that Indonesian officials had to throw out. People sent Viagra and Santa suits, high-heeled shoes and evening gowns. A year later, after an earthquake in Pakistan, so much unusable clothing arrived that people burned it to stay warm. It may make us feel good to put together children's care packages with cards and teddy bears--but whose needs are we trying to meet...
...program in Haiti for UNICEF, the U.N. Children's Fund, de la Soudiere recently initiated a campaign to register Haitian youths, who were among the world's most vulnerable to trafficking even before the quake. The registry will be much like the one crafted in the wake of the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia in 2004, but its purpose is more far-reaching than reuniting lost kids with relatives. The Haiti list, begun about two weeks ago, is also designed to prevent children from being dumped into the country's scores of loosely monitored orphanages, many of which have long...
...scope of the problem. In fact, the perception of fraud has likely discouraged many donors from giving. Beyond outright fraud, some charities may be simply ignorant about the region they purport to be helping. Many misguided donors sent warm scarves and other winter clothing to victims of the 2004 tsunami, despite the fact that nearly all who were affected lived in the tropics...
...found no evidence of homelessness, though there were reports of people in the mountains who refused to spend their rebuilding funds and chose to remain in tents. "When you compare this to the tsunami and other major disasters, it's rare to see something so efficient take place. It was well organized and well planned. All the international people who came in spoke very highly of this," says Ramsey Rayyis, regional representative for the American Red Cross in China...
...series of earthquakes registering as high as 7.2 on the Richter scale caused a 10-ft.-high (3 m) wave to strike the Solomon Island of Rendova on Jan. 4, destroying the homes of more than 1,000 people--a third of its population. Recalling a deadly tsunami that claimed more than 50 lives in 2007, residents scrambled to higher ground--a move that may have saved them; no deaths or injuries have been reported...