Thursday, June 05, 2008

Donor fatigue —giving until it hurts - The Daily of the University of Washington

Donor fatigue —giving until it hurts - The Daily of the University of Washington: "t’s been a rough month for the world.

On May 2, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 130,000 people in Burma, leaving 2.4 million more homeless, according to Radio Australia.

On May 12, nearly 70,000 people died in an earthquake in China, leaving 5 million homeless, reports the BBC.

There are ongoing and increasingly dire famines in Ethiopia and North Korea.

And donors are exhausted."

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