Now I don't inform you of this story to discourage donations because by and large the money and goods distributed are going to where they are supposed to go, as far as I know. As I have said before, I would like to weigh in with my thoughts on this story but I am bound by the public neutrality demanded from Peace Corps Volunteers. What I can say is that everywhere in the world you have despicable people take advantage of opportunities like this. Now, whether or not this should be swept under the rug I suppose is a matter of opinion.
If you do have concerns about where your donations are going I would suggest making sure you give to an organization you know you can trust. Having been with the Red Cross for over a month now I can tell you for certain that this is one of those organizations that can be trusted. In fact we will soon be posting a list of all the donors and continue to work to post the number of goods distributed and to where, on the Red Cross website.
Switching topics, I have figured out a way to upload pictures to Picasa really fast so now I will get some of those pictures posted. We had our global handwashing day lessons in the effected primary schools last week. The pictures are uploaded on the Samoa red Cross Picasa album so here is the link to them:
We also had our Fiafia (party) for the new volunteers. Did the Samoan dance thing and ate a lot of food. I will be getting those pictures up on the webalbum soon as well.
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