Too Little Delivered Too Late Is How We Now Do Charity

Multi-national charities are now like the corporations
and third world governments whose actions
they say they exist to ameliorate-when in doubt

1-they wait for crises to grow to critical levels
and blame lack of access to the media
for not giving better warnings earlier.

2-they make big public appeals
to do something basic
to beat the imminent disaster
which is abroad-behind boundaries they don't control.
They know that even as they ask the public for support
they can't deliver what they say they want to.

3-They stock pile the help at home
far from those abroad who need it most,
delivering the the safe minimum,
and making sure the TV cameras film the delivery.
But they don't deliver help where the danger is at it's worst,
even though that is where the need is at it's greatest.

4-they use the excuse of what still needs
to be delivered to make sure that the brand
of the charity remains buoyant with the folks at home
before delivering further donations abroad.

Charities are supposed to be there to fight cleptocracies,
not steal their methods and collaborate with them.