Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In scale, I don't think there is anything
> comparable that has happened in an industrialised country except Hurricane
> Katrina (which was much larger in terms of the population affected).
> Certainly there is infant formula being distributed in evacuation centres
> and it seems likely that much of this has been donated by industry (a breach
> of the Code and the Ops Guidance on IFE).

Unfortunately there are also misguided organisations starting to collect
new goods from people in the community for "gift" packs, including
formula and bottles, despite the fact that charities on the ground have
clearly and repeatedly said that money is the only appropriate donation
right now. Even aside from the issues with scattershot formula and
bottle distribution, it makes particularly little sense in the
Australian context to spend twenty bucks on new goods that may be
useless and then ship them all the way from South Australia or Western
Australia to Queensland, instead of donating the cash directly. 

One example:

http://www.facebook.com/shoeboxesoflovedrive#!/shoeboxesoflovedrive?v=in
fo

Lara Hopkins

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