Outcry as relief food expires in Kenya Red Cross warehouse

[Sarah El Ebiary]

I'm not sure how it is in Kenya, but doesn't the head of the Red Cross in
the USA make an unconscionably high salary? I read it was upwards of half a
million US dollars per year. When I read that, I vowed to be more careful
about donating to disaster relief fundraisers and all charities that cannot
be monitored or accountable penny for penny.

Sometimes I feel like it's a huge scam.
Haiti. Katrina. ASPCA. Etc.

Unless my donations are going from my hand (or perhaps from a close friend
or another family member's hand on the ground) directly to the mouths of
the needy, then tragedies of waste such as this can certainly be avoided.

Too bad...

On Jan 12, 2012 8:24 PM, "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:


On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:37 AM, warigia bowman <warigia at aucegypt.edu>
wrote:
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> Yes, except the cu...

Yeah right! But be sure not to tarnish the "very reputable organisation" on
a blog post. DO NOT include adverse links to such a post - because if you
do? And SOPA/PIPA pass, your entire blog site could be pulled down after
they complain to the "relevant online Copyright/IP Authorities." So much
free speech to expose basic human rights (food, clothes and shelter)
injustices going forward, right?



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> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Sarah El Ebiary <sarahelebiary at gmail.com>
wrote:
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>> Popul...


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>>> This is crazy. Why do you think this happened?

My guess is as good as anyone's. Maybe the local initiative's success
threatened their foodchain? Global fundraising system? Hence KILL! future
prospects of all such local initiatives likes of: (re:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/national/national/34256-kenyans4kenyans-kitty-raises-over-sh81million)
? That disrupt precious dollars from out there from percolating
through
an otherwise "properly established system"? Collected putting up an
'angelic' face as a tool to demand special protections by *everyone*
(including on icann policies)? To put brakes on emergent, terrible,
"Kenyans4Kenyans" model that diminishes their longstanding, global
established brand as "the only ones who truly care" impression? Maybe the
starving do not live at the NGO's "politically correct" dry Northern Kenya
areas? Or releasing the food to the starving would have meant the problem
is REALLY  getting solved therefore Kenyan could stop giving more food,
more money? I have no idea what on earth motivated them to do such inhuman
acts, but you bet we're pissed off with Red Cross!

Today is among the worst days for *anyone* to dare shower Red Cross with
traditional praises over here.
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