March 7, 2010
Fund Raising for Chile Earthquake Lags Far Behind Haiti-Relief Totals
Salvation Army/Chile
The Salvation Army reports that it has raised only $50,000 so far to support its relief and recovery work in disaster-ravaged Chile.
Despite the massive scale of the earthquake that struck Chile, not all U.S. relief groups are raising money to aid survivors—and donations to those that are have been slow, especially in comparison to the outpouring after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.
That’s largely because the government of Chile is in a far better position to deal with the destruction than the impoverished Caribbean country, according to relief organizations.
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