Tsunami Funds
When the news went across the globe about the tsunami, an undersea earthquake that had hit the southern part of Asia in December 2004, Putnam and Rosinski (2005) described it as killing more than 120,000 people in the twelve countries neighboring the Indian Ocean. People around the world, regardless of their color or race, joined hands together and dug deep into their pockets with only one aim: lending a hand as a way of saying sorry to the victims. According to Grattan and Torrance (2010), the western countries were the first to send their donations worth 15 billion US dollars, which analysts said was the largest amount collected in a period of one week in American history.
Murty (2007) talks of African countries not being left behind in the donation, despite the increase in malaria, HIV/AIDs, and financial constraints. In the US, through the help of the United Nations Organization in conjunction with the Red Cross, sited and established centers where people in the community would take their donations. These places included big shopping centers and supermarkets and banks. The government was also not left behind since it established the National Disaster Operations Centre for Tsunami Victims, where people would give their donations. Others who contributed included the media houses and the private organization.
The relief supplies donated that were to be flown to Sri Lanka were as follows; Kshs 100,000 worth of tea leaves, 59,000 blankets, 2,000 buckets, 11,000 jerry cans, 35,000 tarpaulins, 120 medical kits, and four tones of hygiene and sanitary materials.
Tsunami Funding Observations
Non-governmental organizations, the UN, governments, regional and local authorities, financial institutions, and experts worldwide met in 2005. The purpose of the meeting was to come up with an idea that can help in reducing the numerous natural disasters that get people unaware, destroying almost every property and killing hundreds of people. Its purpose was to involve the post-tsunami victims in the rehabilitation activities in the coastal area. The drafts acts would unite by providing the right information to every citizen. This gave the governments a period of time within which they should operate in the coastal region to resolve conflicts of jurisdiction and disputes between the government and the stakeholders
According to Sisira and McCawley (2010), the draft allowed the citizens of Thailand to involve themselves in the country’s decision-making, creating links of recognition between the coastal communities. This gave them a sense of personality among the victims of the disaster. Moreover, selecting a qualified committee to share their opinions helped to create and enforce the law.
In areas like Southern province Barrow (2005) says dispute resolution was to be established by forming a multilateral committee that would look into it. This was because most of the inhabitants in the province were Muslims practicing Islamic shariah laws. Redeveloping along the coastal regions as well as asking the local authorities and other communities to protect the coastal marine environment and against any dangerous species also went a long way towards reducing the effects of the disaster.
The draft act considers human beings and the environment as precious, hence offering protection against any type of pollution. For instance, it condemns the emission of waste such as oil spillage by sea vessels into water bodies. All the tsunami annotated funds seem to be similar because they all talk about what they accomplished as per their manifesto.
References
Barrow, C.J, (2005).Social Impact Assignment, an Introduction.London: Arnold.
Grattan, J, & Torrance, R. (2010). Natural Disaster and Cultural Change. New York: Taylor& Francis.
Murty, T.S, (2OO7).The Indian Ocean Tsunami. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Putnam, F. & Rasinski, V.T, (2005). Tsunami: Deadly wall of water, Coughlan publication.
Sisira, J, & McCawley, P, (2010). The Asian Tsunami, aids and reconstruction after disaster. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar publication.