Where Most Needed

Voluntourists Are Considered Gawkers after Tahoe Fires

Every disaster site has to contend with the effects of convergence of people, of communications, and of material on an infrastructure that is already damaged by the disaster.   

The NY Times Picks Up the Chill on Muslim Charities

Charity giving in the month of Ramadan is way down in Dearborn, one of the most Muslim cities in the US.

FBI Raid Chills Ramadan Giving for Michigan Charity

The organization is still cleared for contributions, and the raid does not appear to be related to terrorist funding. 

Final Treasury Guidelines Set $250,000 Audit Threshold

Despite the initial complaints, the Treasury received a mere nine comments, and consequently the Treasury affirms their voluntary anti-terrorist financing guidelines, with some tweaks. 

Charity Connection II

The Washington Post picks up the story of diverted earthquake relief funds that officials claim were connected with the airline bomb plot.