Just when you were thinking people suck...

[graculus]

The Guardian:
"Members of the British public had donated more than £30m for the victims of the tsunami disaster by last night, the speed and generosity of the response amazing charity bosses."

I feel I should also add that the British government suddenly tripled its input to the international effort to help the victims of this crisis when it became apparent that the public were going to be giving more money than they were... ;)

Comments

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Well, other comments were along the lines of the US giving hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, in aid. The comments were about it being spread out so the next few years are covered.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. But this idea of it all being a competition - they seem to be propogating that all by themselves.

Have been thinking on the public donations here, too. While it's great to see such a response, BBC Children in Need raises around 30 million each year. We have 60 million people in this country - that's 50p per person. I know, I shouldn't think of it like that.

[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

The ante for the competition has just been raised. CNN has a breaking news story that the US has upped it's $35 million dollar donation to $350 million.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Japan has announced $500 million. That's one heck of a lot of money. Am trying to avoid my cynical thoughts while waiting for Bush's response.