uh oh, a rant

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From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Thu Sep 01 2005 - 11:21:52 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:21:52 -0700
From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org>
Subject: uh oh, a rant

I've been looking at various lists of disaster relief orgs. involved
in the rescue and relief efforts in the Gulf region. Overwhelmingly,
and as expected, they are made up of churches, NGO's and a few GO's.
The glaring omission seems to be corporate efforts. Where is the
Carlyle Group Compassionate Ministries or Bechtel Operation Blessing?
What about, say, Lockheed Mercy Corps or Halliburton World Relief?
Has anyone seen Boeing Charities? Wait, I know where they are...

Why is it in times of disaster, it's the cash-strapped ministries,
non-profits, and regular people who empty their pockets and give of
their time? You can be sure the multinationals are waiting in the
wings for the "reconstruction" goods.

A stumper: Anyone know of any corporations doing any good in this
endeavor? Anyone seen this list?

m 

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