Don’t Give Money to Haiti
Everyone has been more than generous, but with all this money earmarked for Haiti, charitiable organizations are going to have difficulty spending it all, while other areas of the world in desperate need suffer. Unrestricted gifts allow the charities to do their work more effectively, and deliver aid where it is needed. See this from the Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) website:
MSF has been working in Haiti for 19 years, most recently operating three emergency hospitals in Port-au-Prince, and is mobilizing a large emergency response to this disaster. Our immediate response in the first hours following the disaster in Haiti was only possible because of private unrestricted donations from around the world received before the earthquake struck. We are currently reinforcing our teams on the ground in order to respond to the immediate medical needs and to assess the humanitarian needs that MSF will be addressing in the months ahead.
We are now asking our donors to give unrestricted funding, or to our Emergency Relief Fund. These types of funds ensure that our medical teams can react to the Haiti emergency and humanitarian crises all over the world, particularly neglected crises that remain outside the media spotlight.
Source: blogs.reuters.com
