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]

Someone gave you a bigger dose of cynicism for Christmas than me. I saw on the news that the amount had been upped, and the news chappie said the government had now seen video of what had happened and the aftermath, and that had made them up the donation. But seeing the amount of public donations your explanation certainly makes more sense, which is a great shame.

Ah well, in the end there's more money going, and I guess that's the important part.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Looks like the government might need to put their donation up again. The public's donations have reached £45m. This is all good. Very good. I just wish it was easier to get the aid to those who need it.