Is it possible to ensure that relief gets through to the poor and marginalised victims of the tsunami?
A report by Oxfam has found that the poorest tsunami victims have benefited the least from the relief effort. The charity says that aid has tended to go to businesses and landowners with the poor more likely to spend longer in refugee camps where it is harder to find work or rebuild lives. How can relief get through to the poorer victims of the tsunami? Is red tape slowing down reconstruction? Should there be better co-ordination between governments and aid agencies? This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below. The following comments reflect the balance of opinion we have received so far: We are helping 4 Sri Lankan families that we have known for the last 10 years. After the tsunami they were poorer than when we first met them. We still send what we can, direct to their bank accounts, and have just helped one family to buy a fishing boat as NO government aid has reached them – and this affects 8 families whose men work as fishermen. The system of patronage is a
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