Too much charity cash?

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Poll started 15.2.05
Too much charity cash? It's rumoured charities such as the Red Cross are struggling to spend the enormous £365million given so far to the
Tsunami appeal (and rules state it must be spent within 3 years). If this is the case, what do you think should be done with the extra cash?
A. Return it to those who donated it
B. Spend it on disaster relief elsewhere
C. Just spend, spend, spend in the Tsunami area
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Too much charity cash? It's rumoured charities such as the Red Cross are struggling to spend the enormous £365million given so far to the
Tsunami appeal (and rules state it must be spent within 3 years). If this is the case, what do you think should be done with the extra cash?
A. Return it to those who donated it
B. Spend it on disaster relief elsewhere
C. Just spend, spend, spend in the Tsunami area
Click reply to discuss, or here to vote
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If people who have donated really don't want their money to go to anything other than Tsunami then let them have it back, as long as they can prove that they gave it in the first place, but deduct an admin fee from it so it doesn't cost the charity anything to do this. The Government would also have to be refunded any Gift Aid.
Finally, I think a further option would be to amend the "spend it within three years" rule. It is going to take longer than three years for the region to recover. Spending to a three year deadline could encourage wastefulness, shoddiness and rushed projects while the work and plans need to evolve more slowly than this so that it is done properly.
However, my friends certainly wouldn't want the money back. THere are many people across the world that need help and they would expect that they money to help those people should those in the Tsunami region not require it.
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I believe this is the way the charity is proceeding and have applied to extend the time scale ,as long as they are allowed to of course.
Unfortunately, the Bam earthquake was just as devistating, but more localised, therefore the publicity died out.
There are plenty of people in this country who need help - Hospitals, certain researches into illnesses, Old people and the like.
I know I may seem heartless (I did send money to the disaster fund and so did my children), but help people in this country first. After all we pay taxes and keep Tony Blair in power, I think we should have had a say in how much we donated to this fund.
I would not want my money back personally but would want it used in other needy areas in the world that all the major charities making up the fund are involved in.
I think the money should be used where possible for the tsunami and any 'excess' (including bank interest on the tsunami funds) should be used in the areas that have suffered a loss of funding/air workers as a direct result of the tsunami appeal and relief work.