Deluged with money, charity says stop - Asia Tsunami - www.smh.com.au

Deluged with money, charity says stop - Asia Tsunami - www.smh.com.au: "Deluged with money, charity says stop
By Justin Norrie and Lisa Pryor
January 4, 2005

The Australian branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has become possibly the first aid agency in the world to ask donors to stop pledging money to its tsunami appeal.
Public donations to Australian charities yesterday topped $75 million, but while most aid groups continued to plead for financial help, MSF paused its appeal after reaching its $1 million target. Any donations beyond that limit could not be used, a spokeswoman said.
'We can only send a certain number of people at a time. We can't rush more over because we have to co-ordinate with MSF teams from other countries,' Dorothy Griffiths said."