I am overwhelmed when I looked at all the photos coming out of the disaster zone in Sichuan, China on the newspapers. My only comfort was that the Chinese government has responded with utmost urgency, and put aside her pride to accept help from those who have offered.
China is indeed blessed to have a Prime Minister like Wen Jiabao, who is more or less directly involved in the rescue operations. Even though the fact that he has to be there personally to whip the local cadres into shape reflects badly on the command and control aspects of the Chinese government, the people will remember what is done right, and thus re-affirm the Communist Party’s right to govern the nation.
At the same time, Myanmar’s government response to her own cyclone disaster is appalling. It is a pity the cyclone did not drown the bastards in the junta first, as they have demonstrated they are completely unworthy to govern the people. (Much like a certain deputy of this country who not only can’t sing, and the arschloch who says China beer promoters help retained jobs for Singaporeans, are unworthy of their positions!)
It further disgusts me when I read that leaders lea-duhs in the junta put their names on the boxes of material given as aid to the people of Myanmar. This shameless attempt to fool the people into being grateful to them shows they appear to be more concern with politics instead of the well being of the people. That can be further seen in how much harder they are pushing their stupid little sham of a referendum while they continue to refuse help from the other countries.
Anyway, I am not really helping anyone by wacking away on my keyboard. The main objective of this post is not so much to rant, but rather to increase awareness on one of the avenues you can use to provide monetary aid to those affected.
The following link was found on the Singapore Red Cross website, a reputable non-old NKF kind of charity organisation. It contains instructions on how you can donate to help those affected and you will be guided to choose between giving to Myanmar or China.
My personal opinion is that no matter how you feel about charity organizations or the political conditions of the countries affected, do not forget giving money is the least we can do to help. It is just way better than doing nothing, and personally I would prefer to go to China to dig people out of the ruins if I can.
One last thing: While I understand that it is your right and your prerogative to donate or not to donate, I would generally prefer you keep your reasons to yourself if you do not intend to give. It is unwise to present an image of selfishness and heartlessness apathy – even when you aren’t such a person – and even more so when the reasons are made available on the public domain so some irresponsible jerks can now use to justify their own lack of empathy.
My thanks to everyone who heed this call to donate.