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Anuradha Vittachi

Mon., Jan. 10, 2005

People power works

Who says ordinary people can't make a difference? The immediate and generous response of citizens in the UK and the US to the effects of the Asian tsunami has already had an enormously beneficial impact.

To begin with, our response has embarrassed our governments into increasing many times over the sums they first offered to rebuild the shattered coastal regions. The British government�s first serious offer of 15 million was so rapidly overtaken by 20 million from the public that it quickly raised its offer to 50 million only to be overtaken again, as the public response rose to 60 million. "

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