Thursday, January 27, 2005

One Month After (Part II)

South Asia Grieves One Month After Tsunami

Amid the grieving, there was growing impatience with the sluggish progress of recovery. And leading British charity Oxfam said Wednesday that too many aid organizations without adequate skills are complicating the work.

Oxfam, in a new report on tsunami relief efforts, gave examples of how inexperienced aid organizations were hampering relief efforts.

In Sri Lanka, Oxfam said, some new houses were built too close together, leading to potential sanitation problems.

The aid group also said governments have contributed only half the $977 million emergency aid requested by the United Nations (news - web sites) even though they pledged $912 million.

All told, governments and international bodies have pledged about $4 billion for tsunami aid and reconstruction.

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