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  • Agencies say money is the answer (money - not food - is needed...)

    01/03/2005 11:23:21 PM PST · by traumer · 7 replies · 472+ views
    BBC ^ | 3 January, 2005
    Aid agencies have said it is money - and not food, clothing, bedding or medicines - that the victims of the Asian tsunami need. They have also been inundated with offers of help from would-be volunteers, many of them qualified tradespeople who want to work on rebuilding shattered communities. Most have had to be turned down, although Oxfam has said it wants 10,000 people to help in its charity stores. And BT is preparing to fly out seven telecommunications engineers to help restore phone services on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Basic goods As pledges from the UK public reached...