Tsunami Pledges fall short
Guardian Unlimited: Martin Bright, Nick Mathiason and Nico Hines
Sunday January 16, 2005
The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1391606,00.html
Intro to the article:
Western nations lauded for their generosity following the south east Asian tsunami disaster are failing to honour pledges of aid, leaving shortfalls of millions of pounds in the recovery programme.
Despite the huge response by international governments when the tidal wave hit on Boxing Day, the United Nations humanitarian appeal is still underfunded by a third, with just $723 million received out of a total of nearly $1 billion originally demanded and pledged.
According to an Oxfam report to be published this week, donations have followed the same pattern as pledges to other recent disasters such as the Bam earthquake in Iran and Hurricane Mitch in central America, where initial promises were not honoured.
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