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The point being made is that possibly the aid organisations have been given enough to cope with the next few months of needed humanitarian aid. Stepping back and assessing the need can't be a bad thing at this stage - surely?

Sure a mass donation spree in the first few days is a good idea - but we should probably wind it down now till it's needed again.

A much better way is probably to convince charities to run "disaster" funds. That way you could donate to the fund and unused money would still be effective for the next super urgent case.

I don't think this is about "more effective"; just about addressing the situation logically to help the Haitians recover more quickly.

> People there are literally dying from not having food, water, and medical care

If you read the article the point is that potentially no amount of donation at this stage is going to affect that situation. The current barriers are more practical in nature (I have friends literally on the ground at the moment there and I assure you this is the case).