01-07-2005, 04:40 AM
A response from AID volunteer listed here:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The scale of the relief efforts after the disaster in Tamilnadu are beyond anything AID has worked with in the past. During the Gujarat earthquake, Orissa cyclone etc. AID entered the scene about about a week later, at which time we vetted every group we were working with. This time around, due to our presence on the ground, some temporary co-ordination has been established with groups that we do not have full confidence in. As we shift towards medium and long-term relief, we will move away from these groups. At the moment, to ensure that relief materials sent in from Chennai and Bangalore reach the affected people, teams on the ground are often making on-the-spot decisions. <b>Not all AID volunteers are comfortable with this, which is why we have removed the information from our public website. We appreciate your concern and feel it tenfold. We will resolve this matter in the next few days.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The scale of the relief efforts after the disaster in Tamilnadu are beyond anything AID has worked with in the past. During the Gujarat earthquake, Orissa cyclone etc. AID entered the scene about about a week later, at which time we vetted every group we were working with. This time around, due to our presence on the ground, some temporary co-ordination has been established with groups that we do not have full confidence in. As we shift towards medium and long-term relief, we will move away from these groups. At the moment, to ensure that relief materials sent in from Chennai and Bangalore reach the affected people, teams on the ground are often making on-the-spot decisions. <b>Not all AID volunteers are comfortable with this, which is why we have removed the information from our public website. We appreciate your concern and feel it tenfold. We will resolve this matter in the next few days.</b>
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