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Thanks for your insight.
I have been contributing to a small and specific Haitian project for a while, but I do acknowledge that this might make people aid / NGO dependent. As you say, this is all that they have!
But a quarter of million people died and a million were without homes and then cholera struck.
I have to give a little to help!
Japan has just bankrolled it's economy to a level greater than that estimated to rebuild the stricken areas (estimated at £111 billion), I can't see my paltry contribution really helping.
But I agree with TheorySwine, the calmness of the people is astonishing.
I guess that the response of the people of Japan to this disaster will be a lesson to us all.