Comments on: Soliciting Earthquake Relief Donation

By: Thanks for the Generous Donations!

Thanks for the Generous Donations! — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:15:36 +0000

[...] week, I started a donation drive for the Sichuan earthquake relief. During the seven days from May 15 to May 22, a total of $215 [...]

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Mon, 19 May 2008 03:13:52 +0000

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By: Pamela Grundy

Pamela Grundy — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:02:48 +0000

Thank you for raising awareness and keeping this in front of everyone. I’m glad you have taken on yourself to get personally involved. I appreciate your efforts greatly.

By: Sun

Sun — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:46:22 +0000

Tim: I certainly understand what you are saying, but I have to disagree with you on what’s happening on the ground. I think the Chinese government has responded very quickly and effectively to the disaster. The prime minister was on the scene hours after the quake (we all know what Bush was doing last time when the disaster happened here) and tens of thousands rescuers were sent to the quake zone, which is close to the size of Maryland. And when the roads to the towns were destroyed, there’s no way anybody can get in faster. I have lived in the province next to Sichuan for nearly 20 years and I know what it looks like in a mountainous reign. The reason for not letting foreign rescue teams to help is China never has that tradition and China is not short of people. Did the US accept foreign assistance last time in New Orleans? I don’t recall.

China doesn’t really have non-government organizations for relief effort (if there’s one, I will donate my money to them), even the Red Cross is under the control of the government. Right now, I am going to trust the government more than anybody else in the time of disaster. If you ask me, then I will say the the central government doesn’t really need the donated money to run their bureaucracy (China has more than $1 trillion reserve, remember). The government is not short or money.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:40:55 +0000

i think giving directly to the chinese govt is perhaps the single worst way of donating considering they actively hindered outside assistance, are laborious in their relief efforts, and most of the money will be spent on its bureaucracy rather than towards those who need it.

By: A Chinese

A Chinese — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:13:27 +0000

Thanks for the effort!

By: Yifan

Yifan — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:28:32 +0000

nice effort!
I know a lot of people are donating through various ways. Western Union Foundation did a match program with donation made on MercyCorp’s website on Wednesday. Their limit of $250k was reached in just a few hours. Amazing!

By: Sun

Sun — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:44:23 +0000

Lenox: Thank you very much for your generous donation. It’s the first I received since I start the fundraising. Your generosity and kindness means a lot to the people back in China. I will match your donation!

By: Where to donate for China earthquake? : stlplace

Where to donate for China earthquake? : stlplace — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:19 +0000

[...] May15) My friend Sun also set up a donation page for earthquake relief. He even put up a challenge (match) for donors. Kudos to [...]

By: lenox

lenox — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:24:37 +0000

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