These crises may be surprising to some people, because in the popular mind, Latin America is not associated as much with food emergencies of the type we see in Africa.
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Those are life-and-death situations. What we're also concerned about is helping people who do not face that sort of thing. We need to help them become self-sufficient and produce food to feed themselves.Trevor Rowe
The fact that the tsunami struck a tourist region, and happened right after Christmas, played a role in terms of the generosity. We haven't witnessed that yet with the earthquake. Not at all. We need all the help we can get.
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One of the big problems we have is every time we have a crisis, we have to go knocking on doors. It could take anywhere from two to four months from the time we get the money to the actual handing over of the food because you have to buy it, transport it, and distribute it. There's a delay in that.
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The rest are silent emergencies grinding poverty and chronic hunger that doesn't get seen on TV, ... And their needs tend to go unmet.
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But the rare occurrence of such a deadly tidal wave and the impact it had on travel destinations catering to western tourists generated unprecedented attention and giving. We saw tourists fleeing for their lives, ... We don't have that in Pakistan.
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There's so much demand, and it's clearly the result of a sharp increase in the number of natural disasters.
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