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Kazuaki Okumura, who worked with the Japan Red Cross to disburse funds donated for Kobe quake victims in 1995, referring to the delay in handing donations to victims of the March 11 disaster. Of more than 250 billion yen collected for victims, only about 15% has been distributed so far, say local government officials. (Japan Times)
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It's critical that the distribution process on the part of the Red Cross and local governments be not only speedy, but also transparent.
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Equality
It really is shameful how long it takes for donated funds to reach those to whom the money has been donated. The longer it takes, the more the money is used to pay the fees of advisory board and task force members that are set up to examine how the funds should be distributed. Isn't this part of the Red Cross' mission?
Shaolin7
Amen, and I am glad this is coming from someone who worked inside an NGO and obviously has some idea of the structure and distribution channels. This money could be going directly to building new homes for the people in Tohoku, help them reclaim, salvage and rebuild some part of their lives when they have lost so very much. Get on it, you bloody self-serving bureaucrats and NGO hypocrites...
hatsoff
In another article, a stressed/depressed woman in an evacuation centre returned to her home in the prohibited area and burned herself to death. It can't be any clearer that the money needs to get out to the people right now. Nearly four months on and only 15% of the donations distributed is shameful.
Stop killing time and start saving lives.
ihavegreatlegs
They are doing it on purpose. that is why I do not give to Save The Children, United Way nor any other bloated system of people claiming to help but filling their own pockets!