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| NGO tracking down donors to give back excess $$ |
| 2005-05-11 |
| EFL International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres is tracking down hundreds of thousands of tsunami donors worldwide and offering them their money back after it received four times as much money as it needed. In Australia alone the charity sent out more than 4 000 letters telling donors it could not use their money for tsunami victims, the Sydney Morning Herald said. Medecins Sans Frontieres received four times the €20m it needed to fund its response to the December 26 disaster. The charity's president, Rowan Gillies, was quoted as saying it was ethically compelled to contact every donor of the surplus and offer to return it. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 MSF is definitely a cut above most NGOs, and French. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-11 22:35 |
| #2 Dang! 180 degree turn in order. Maybe sender a buck or 5. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-11 19:00 |
| #1 Holy Shit, Batman! Somebody catch me - I'm going to faint. This one definitely pegged my surprise meter. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-11 15:49 |