[geeks] $100 One Laptop Per Child - grist for the mill

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 @ 22:12 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson said:

> On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 06:50:16PM +0000, Mike Meredith wrote:
> > Interestingly, the UN when going into a disaster area will always
> > attempt to source food supplies locally. They are successful much of the
> > time.
> 
> It's not the U.N. that does this. It's often NGOs (non governemtal
> organisations) such as CARE, many of the Christian charities, etc.

The UN tends to do things like send refugees on long journeys, unarmed
and without escort, through their enemies' territory.



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