Disaster Relief

Greening Hollywood: Clooney, Cheadle Gang Watching Out for the Little Ones

Paige Donner | Posted 05.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Burma, Save the Children, Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, Not on Our Watch, Nobel Peace Prize, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Aid, Donation, Disaster Relief, Aung San Suu Kyi, David Pressman, Department of Peace, Jerry Weintraub, World Food Program, Avaaz, Living News
Paige Donner

Clooney and Cheadle's non-profit Not On Our Watch has awarded $250,000 to children in Myanmar through Save the Children to provide for the critical needs of children and their families in Myanmar devastated by recent Cyclone Nargis.

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Emergency Cyclone Aid vs. Human Rights In Myanmar

Richard Walden | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Burma Cyclone, Disaster Relief, Human Rights, Human Rights Groups, Myanmar, Burma, Myanmar Cyclone, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Politics News
Richard Walden

Most people think everyone engaged in relief, development, and human rights basically have shared goals. But there's a shocking split between human rights and relief communities.

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Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Administration, Disaster Relief, China, Burma, Sichuan Quake, Myanmar Junta, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, China Earthquake, Katrina Relief, Bush Katrina, Politics News
Philip Slater

It's useful to compare the way China handled its national disaster with the way the Burmese handled the cyclone, and the way our Republican administration handled Katrina.

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Helping Burma for Mother's Day

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Relief, Disaster Relief, Charity, Burma, Globalgiving, Cyclone, Myanmar Cyclone, Giving, Myanmar, Disaster, Living News
Dennis Whittle

A friend writes from Burma: This is the worst disaster I have ever been in. The situation in Yangon is growing more desperate everyday as there is no...

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Giver's Greed: Charity's Worst Enemy

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: California Fires, Charity, Psychology, Funding, Media, Compassion, Charities, Southern California Fires, Emotions, Disaster Relief, California Wildfires, Tsunami, Disaster Relief Organizations, Giving, Fundraising, Fire Relief, Logic, Unicef, Compassion Study, Wildfires, San Diego Wildfires, Living News
Justin Hudnall

Writing a check for medical supplies is so businesslike, while giving a teddy bear is warm and fuzzy. It makes the giver feel good, which is the problem: Giving is not supposed to be about the giver.

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How Best To Help Victims of the California Wildfires: More of the Same or ???

Richard Walden | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Tsunami, California Wildfires, Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief Organizations, Red Cross, 9/11, Crisis Relief, American Red Cross, Hurricane Katrina, Salvation Army, Politics News
Richard Walden

We'd all be better served by directing contributions to local nonprofits that could meet a far wider set of recovery needs than what the Red Cross and Salvation Army are charged with doing.

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