Mens katastrofefonden i Dansk Røde Kors trods alt er rimelig velspækket, står det anderledes skralt til hos søsterselskabet i det vestafrikanske u-land, Ghana
ACCRA, 25 March 2009 (IRIN): When a tidal wave displaced 3.000 people living along the coastal belt in the Volta Region in eastern Ghana on 11 March, the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) could not mobilise enough relief items for even a third of the victims. The problem was: it is broke.
– We are down completely…it is very frustrating…As it stands now we can only take care of less than a thousand victims in the case of a disaster, Secretary-General of the GRCS, Andrews Frimpong, told IRIN, adding:
– I do not want to sound like a prophet of doom but as a country in the event of a major disaster, we will not be able to do anything about it.
Government funds, which form the bulk of the Societys support, dropped from 700.000 US dollar a year in 2004 to a mere 100.000 in 2008.
Contributions from businesses, NGOs and fundraising appeals make up the rest, but Frimpong says these sources are also drying up.
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