In the recent weeks, Pakistan has been experiencing a horrific flooding situation. According to one article I read, 20 million people have been effected by its devistation and up to 20 percent of the country is submerged.
Typically, in cases of natural disasters, citizens across the globe, specifically in the United States, call for help and begin collecting chartiable donations to help those in need. For example, within the first two weeks after the Haiti earthquake, $560 million was raised by private organization to aid the people. For some reason, the call to charity has been lacking with respect to Pakistan. According to the same article, although the United States has pledged $200 million in aid, private donations has total approximately $11 million.
Why do you think the collection and distribution of assistance has not been as generous or as widely known?
