soo much discussion was spent on how corrupt the countries who are receiving the funds for the trunami appeals and the fear that the funds might end up in the wrong pockets… but little was placed on the corruptions that were going on behind the relief organisations……
when indonesia was given US$500 million from the US govt for the tsunami fund, the indonesian govt was scrambling to find ‘organiser’ as well as independent auditor to make sure that the fund will be disbursed accordingly and at the same time appease and project to the press that govt and officials will not look for ‘opportunities’ to get some shares of the pie.
the natural choice would be the UN. and guess what… it asks for a fee… a whopping one that is… US$350 million… no joke!! so it lefts with $150 million for the victims or reconstruction efforts.
it doesnt make sense and it should not make sense.
unbelievable!