AFP·WSJ… "한류스타 기부 놀랍다"

[성균관]

 http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2011031515031782033&type=&STAR_TOP

 프랑스 통신사 AFP, 미국 월스트리트저널(WSJ) 등 세계 유명 언론이 한류스타들의 일본

  지진피해 돕기 기부행렬에 '감동'과 '놀라움'이 섞인 기사를 연이어 내보내고 있다.

AFP는 15일 오후 '한류스타, 옛 식민통치자 일본에 도움'(S.Korean stars help former colonial power Japan) 제하 기사에서 한류스타들이 연이어 일본 지진피해 돕기 기부에 나서고 있다며 배용준 류시원 등의 사례를 자세히 소개했다.

AFP는 "드라마 '겨울연가'로 일본에서 명성을 얻은 배우 배용준은 10억원을 기부키로 했다"며 '내 기도가 늘 당신들과 함께 할 것'이라는 배용준의 말도 전했다.

AFP는 "한류스타들은 과거에도 국가적 재난을 맞은 중국 등 외국에 기부를 해왔지만 일본의 경우는 드물었다"며 "이는 한국이 1910~1945년 일본에 의해 식민통치를 받은 두 나라의 과거사 때문"이라고 덧붙였다.

월스트리트저널은 배용준 외에도 '꽃보다 남자'의 김현중이 1억원, 류시원과 송승헌이 각각 2억원을 기부키로 했다고 전했다. 또한 배우 이병헌과 가수 보아가 일본 참사에 깊은 애도를 표했다고 전했다.
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카라 일본측에서 수익의 80%를 떼가는게 알려졌었는데. 일본의 관례이므로 다른 한류스타들도 비슷할 거라고 하고요. 그러므로 기부하는 모습은 아름답지만 과유불급이라고 너무 오바해서 그쪽 연예계 보다 더 많이 기부하지는 않았으면 좋겠네요.대기업들도 마찬가지...우리나라 현재까지 아이티때 보다 2배 기부;;;;아이티는 못사는 나라고 일본은 세계3위 경제인데다가 해외 보험사로 부터 막대한 보험금을 받음...아이티와 달리 스스로 수습할 경제력이 있음. 그러므로 이미 한국으로서는 도리는 충분히 할만큼 한것같네요. 더이상은 말그대로 overfund.

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이하는 국제 사회의 기부에 대한 기사.
http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=009&aid=0002427619

대지진을 겪은 일본을 돕기 위해 세계 각국과 국제단체가 '아낌없는 지원'을 약속했지만 정작 지갑을 여는 데에는 인색한 것으로 드러났다.

14일(현지시간) CNN머니에 따르면 미국 적십자와 자선사업 전문지 '크로니클오브필랜스로피'가 지난 11일 지진 발생 이후 이날까지 미국에서 접수된 구호기금을 집계한 결과 2300만달러(약 257억원)를 기록했다.

이는 지난해 1월 아이티 지진 참사 직후 나흘간 모인 1억5000만달러의 15%에 불과한 액수다. 2005년 허리케인 카트리나가 미국 남동부를 강타했을 때도 미국 전역에서 4일 동안 1억800만달러가 답지했다.

지진 발생 이후 각국 정부는 구호물자 지원을 밝혔지만 그 규모는 크지 않다. 중국은 14일 상무부가 일본에 담요 등 긴급구호물자를 보내겠다고 밝혔는데 지원 규모는 3000만위안어치(약 50억원)다.

대만 정부가 밝힌 피해 복구 지원 규모는 1억 대만달러(약 34억원)로 중국과 비슷한 수준이다. 정부가 지난 14일 수송기 3대를 보내 긴급구호물자를 지원했지만 액수는 알려지지 않았다.

이 같은 현상에 대해 전문가들은 세계 3위 일본 경제력 때문에 각국이 현금 지원보다 구조대 파견과 비상식량 지원 등에 초점을 맞춘 결과라고 해석한다. 대니얼 보로코프 미국 자선협회 대표는 "일본은 아이티나 인도네시아가 아니라 미국과 국내총생산(GDP) 규모가 비슷한 선진국"이라며 "사람들은 일본이 국제사회 차원의 도움이 필요한 나라라고 생각하지 않는다"고 말했다.

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다음은 미국의 기부펀드 사이트의 글.

http://blog.givewell.org/2011/03/11/japan-earthquaketsunami-disaster-relief-donations/ 

 

 Japan has been hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, and our hearts go out to those affected and responding.

Charities have been quick to solicit funding for the relief/recovery effort. Here we present our recommendations to donors, both in terms of which charities should be preferred and in terms of whether giving to this relief effort is a good opportunity overall.

At this point we strongly recommend holding off on giving to this relief/recovery effort. We believe that money isn’t a cure-all, and that there can be such a thing as an “overfunded” relief effort even in a devastating disaster. We don’t know yet whether that is the case with Japan, but we believe that the next few days will bring valuable information about it (and we will be providing updates in this space). We also believe that waiting a few days will not diminish the impact of your donations.

Why Japan is different

This disaster is very different from other recent headline-making disasters. The 2005 Asian tsunami and 2010 Haiti earthquake took place in very poor countries; by contrast, Japan is a very wealthy country, with the 2nd- or 3rd-biggest economy in the world and per-person income in the same ballpark as that of the U.S.

This matters for several reasons.

• Much better infrastructure and fewer logistical challenges. The The New York Times reports that
  

  Over the years, Japan has spent billions of dollars developing the most advanced technology against earthquakes and tsunamis. The Japanese, who regularly experience smaller earthquakes and have lived through major ones, know how to react to quakes and tsunamis because of regular drills — unlike Southeast Asians, many of whom died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami because they lingered near the coast despite clear warnings to flee.

  This factor could cut both ways for donors. Facing fewer challenges could mean needing less money to respond and rebuild; however, it could also mean that there’s more of what we call room for more funding. (In the case of Haiti, logistical hurdles appear to have created many non-monetary bottlenecks to relief and recovery, as discussed above.)
  

• Relief agencies are unlikely to have a strong existing local presence, and we find a local presence less relevant in general. From what we’ve seen major relief organizations (including the ones we recommend) do not have substantial existing presences in Japan, as they focus on working in less wealthy countries. Due to the likely smaller logistical challenges, we don’t think this should be a major factor in donors’ decisions.
• Most importantly, this relief effort will probably be far better-funded than those in less wealthy countries. We expect to have more specifics about this in the coming weeks, possibly even days.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at 11:44 am

Update on how to help Japan: no room for more funding. We recommend giving to Doctors Without Borders to promote better disaster relief in general.

By Holden

The situation in Japan is tragic and worrying, and our hearts continue to go out to those affected and responding.

On Friday, we recommended that donors wait to see how the situation unfolds before giving. At this point we are ready to make a recommendation, though of course this is subject to change as the situation changes.

We believe that

• Those affected have requested very little, limited aid. Aid being offered far exceeds aid being requested. (Details below.)
• Charities are aggressively soliciting donations, often in ways we feel are misleading (more on this in future posts).
• Any donation you make will probably be used (a) by the charity you give it to, for activities in a different country; (b) for non-disaster-relief-and-recovery efforts in Japan.
• If you’re looking to pursue (a) and help people in need all over the world, we recommend giving to the best charity you can, rather than basing your giving on who is appealing to you most aggressively with images and language regarding Japan.
• If you prefer (b), a gift to the Japanese Red Cross seems reasonable.

Overall, though, a gift to Doctors Without Borders seems to us like the best way to effectively “respond to this disaster”. We feel they are a leader in transparency, honesty and integrity in relief organizations, and the fact that they’re not soliciting funds for Japan is a testament to this. Rewarding Doctors Without Borders is a move toward improving incentives and improving disaster relief in general.

Donate to Doctors Without Borders

Below, we give the evidence we’ve found that the relief/recovery effort does not have room for more funding.

Because the situation is changing rapidly, we often include archived versions of the pages we link to (these archives will retain their static content even if the pages themselves are changed).

Determining room for more funding in a disaster

As argued previously, we think it’s an open question whether a given disaster has room for more funding. Our basic (evolving) process for assessing the needs in a disaster situation is:

1. First see whether a significant gap exists between requested and pledged/committed aid. Requests for money are, in our view, a necessary (though not sufficient) indicator that there is room for more funding.
2. Next, collect whatever information is available about the progress of the relief effort, and look for signs that money is or isn’t a primary bottleneck to a better effort. In the case of Haiti, we’ve found signs that non-monetary issues have been primary obstacles to progress.
3. If it seems that more money is both requested and needed, look at what is being spent, and on how many people, and make an assessment of how this giving compares to everyday relief for the world’s poor. In the case of Haiti and the Asian tsunami, we concluded that relief appeared less cost-effective than everyday international aid. The story might be very different in less-publicized disasters that have more trouble attracting funding.

At this stage, we don’t believe that this crisis passes the first test above. It looks to us like more aid is being offered than requested.

Info from OCHA and ReliefWeb

One of the first places we look in a situation like this is to U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which is “the arm of the UN Secretariat that is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure coherent response to emergencies,” as well as its affiliated site ReliefWeb. ReliefWeb is especially useful because in addition to consolidating official updates on an unfolding crisis, it consolidates official appeals for funding. Here’s what we observe from these sources:

• There is no official appeal for Japan at this time. See the list of appeals (archived) and appeals page for Japan specifically (archived), which includes funding information but no appeal.
• Very limited assistance (and even more limited funding) has been deployed by Reliefweb-reporting sources. Both the latest situation report (PDF) and latest funding summary (both updated as of today) make it clear that
  • Most assistance being provided is in the form of specialized relief teams, not cash.
  • Committed or gifted cash from Reliefweb-reporting sources includes $1 million from Sri Lanka, about $750,000 from the U.S., and other gifts bringing the total to about $2.2 million - about twice what Zynga has raised for Save the Children through social gaming.
• Contrast with Haiti: a comparable situation report (PDF) 3 days after the disaster announced an appeal for $562 million, with $66 million already gifted and $359 million pledged.

Japanese Red Cross

The latest official update from any Red Cross appears to be a March 12 information bulletin from the Japanese Red Cross (archived). This bulletin opens with the following:

This bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Japanese Red Cross Society, with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, has determined that external assistance is not required, and is therefore not seeking funding or other assistance from donors at this time.

I’m not exactly sure how to square this with the donate page for the Japanese Red Cross (archived), which states:

If you wish your fund to be distributed directly among the affected population of the earthquake and tsunami, please direct your fund to the following bank account. If you need the receipt of your fund, please state so clearly in the comment section of the bank transfer order. All the fund received under this account will be transferred to the Distribution Committee, which is formed around the local government of the disaster-affected prefecture and to administer the distribution of fund.

One possible interpretation is that funds will be given directly to those affected by the earthquake, but funds are not needed for the relief effort itself.

Japanese government

This quote from Reuters (archived) is consistent with the above picture:

Japan’s government has received offers for assistance from 91 countries, and has accepted assistance from about 15 based on assessed needs, mostly for specialized international urban search and rescue (USAR) teams and medical teams.

Charities
Charities seem to be sending a very different message from the above sources. By and large, they seem to be aggressively soliciting donations, and we feel that many are implying these donations will be used in the relief/recovery effort. (Details in a future post.)

However, a close look at the language they’re using reveals that their actual involvement in relief/recovery may be very limited and they are seeking donations for other activities. Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson did a good early analysis of this phenomenon, and a look at the up-to-date descriptions of activities from the Chronicle of Philanthropy (archived) and InterAction (archived) still appears to me to indicate limited involvement, and to be full of language that raises questions about whether involvement is forthcoming. A few examples:

• “Catholic Relief Services: The organization said Friday it has personnel standing by throughout the pacific, waiting for requests for help from Caritas Japan.”
• “Oxfam America: The organization’s Web site this morning displayed the headline “Worst Quake in Japan on Record” and asked visitors to donate to its Saving Lives 24/7 Fund.” The Saving Lives 24/7 fund (archived) appears global in focus.
• “Save the Children: The charity said Friday it is mobilizing people and supplies to respond to the earthquake. The organization has worked in Japan for 25 years. On Saturday, it announced it had partnered with online game company Zynga to add calls to donate in the company’s games. On Sunday, the charity said it has sent an emergency team to assess needs in the worst-affected areas.”
• ” World Vision: The charity this morning reported that its offices in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands are on alert to assist in tsunami response. A team is also on standby for possible deployment.”

One notable exception is Doctors Without Borders, which has been completely explicit that it is not seeking funding for Japan relief. Its note on funding for Japan (archived) states

At this point, we are drawing on unrestricted donations given to MSF to fund our efforts, and we are not accepting donations specifically earmarked for recovery efforts in Japan. We greatly appreciate your generosity and encourage your support of our work. We will continue to post updates on our homepage, Facebook, and Twitter as new information becomes available.

Many other organizations may also be soliciting donations only for global efforts, but Doctors Without Borders has the most clear and explicit note that we’ve seen.

On Friday, we stated that “we prefer Doctors Without Borders … because of its past decision to stop accepting donations for Haiti relief; this greatly reduces the risk in our eyes that it will over-solicit, a very important concern in this case.” It appears that Doctors Without Borders has, in fact, not over-solicited.

This may cause Doctors Without Borders to raise less money in this disaster, but we’re hoping at least some donors will reward it.

The bottom line

I wouldn’t want anyone to take this post as an argument that (a) the situation in Japan is anything other than extremely tragic and extremely challenging; (b) you shouldn’t give to charity.

My interpretation, rather, is that

• the people and government of Japan are extraordinarily well-prepared, as well as competent and well-resourced, and do not need significant external assistance in order to mount a maximally effective relief and recovery effort.
• Therefore, you as a donor do not have the power to improve the relief and recovery effort in Japan. If you do give, your gift will probably be used (a) by the charity you give it to, for activities in a different country; (b) for non-disaster-relief-and-recovery efforts in Japan.
• Of the above two possibilities, I find (a) more appealing, because Japan is a wealthy country and everyday needs are greater elsewhere. But if you’re looking to pursue (a) and help people in need all over the world, I’d highly recommend giving to the best charity you can, rather than basing your giving on who is appealing to you most aggressively with images and language regarding Japan.
• If you prefer (b), a gift to the Japanese Red Cross seems reasonable.

Others with similar sentiments

• Brigid Slipka makes the excellent suggestion of putting aside a donation and giving it later.
• Saundra Schimmelpfennig further defends this idea.
• Felix Salmon urges unrestricted gifts to help people in general, not donations targeting Japan

[tonykim]

한국은 너무 감성적임 입장이 바뀌었으면 절대로 그렇지 않을 것임 :d

[고구려]

항상 뒷통수 맞고 고생하면서 맨날 이러니까... 민족성은 잘 변하지 않는 것인지...좀 답답하지요.

[배부름]

기부는 자유니까 깔수없음

[ssss]

가장 가까이 있는 나라라 돕는거지
딱히 일본이라서 돕는건 아닌듯요
아이티는 저 멀리 있는 나라고
유럽애들도 평소에 서로 안좋아해도
독일이 저 지경 됐으면 아마 프랑스 영국도 다 열심히 도와줬을걸요
젤 가까이 있는 나라가 생까고 돕지도 않고 있는것보다는 이미지 좋은거 같은데요
그러나 과유불급 딱 여까지가 좋은듯 더 이상은 오버

[Ssunoa]

중국 쓰촨성때도 이 정도는 아니어죠..

[에멜무지로]

국내 사건, 사고는 거들떠도 안보면서 일본엔 너도 나도 돈 내겠다고 하니 꼴사나운건 사실이죠;;

[공백기간중]

일본이 싫어서 도와주지 말라는게 아니라 너무 오바해서 그런거 아닌가요 ㅋㅋㅋ 무슨 한국인들을 못된사람취급하듯이 말하시네

[고아라]

우리가 더 놀랍다 ㅡㅡ; 기부하더라도 본격적인

복구시작하고 희생자 가족들 심리적인 안정을 되찾고 났을때 기부하면 모양새도 좋고 정말 유용하게 쓰일텐데요

일본국고만 불려주고 있으니 원~~

[카우보이비빔밥]

보여주기식..행태...

[짠오빠]

222222222 절대동감. 언제 자국민들에게 이렇게 기부해본적이 있는지 ㅠㅠ 단순 홍보용으로 밖에 보이지 않습니다.

[행복하게]

애도만해도 괜찮을텐데 .너도나도 기부못해서 안달이군요..어이없다..자국민이 안타까움이 있었을 때 너희들 기부는 해봤니?? 진짜 속이 왜이리 쓰린지..

[집게발]

동감~돈 있는 사람들은 어떻게던 살아요~일본 돈 많습니다. 가슴 아프지만 그 돈은 다른 곳에 기부 했음 하네요~없는 사람들한테~ㅠㅠ

[짠오빠]

아니 그럼 일본스타들은 인간도 아니겠네요. 돈과 사랑은 그쪽이 훨~~씬 클텐데요. 일본이 무슨 아이티같은 수준도 아니고 흥부가 놀부 돕는격이니 한심스러워 하는 얘기죠. 저들이 한국에서도 그랬나요?? 한국내 사랑과 관심은 엔화에 못 미치나 보죠??? 참 ㅠㅠ

[성균관]

시선 뭣같다고요??님 제발 굵고 큰 글씨만이라도 읽어주세요. 요점이 그게 아니잖아요. 실제 요청한 금액보다 많이 받는다구요. 그래서 일본지진피해에 한정한 기부를 하지말고 일반 기부를 권장한다 일본적십사가 현재로서 외부 도움이 필요하지 않다고 결정했다고;;;;그들은 국제원조를 필요로하는 나라가 아닌데다가 이미 필요보다 많은 오퍼를 받았으니까 기부하는 모습은 아름답지만 필요 이상으로 기부할필요는 없다구여 차라리 다른곳에 정말 필요로 하는 곳에 기부하는게 낫다는 취지구요 저 기부사이트에서 권장하는 내용이에요. 만약 자금력이 안된다면 당연히 물론 많이들 도와줘야겠죠;;;

[가능]

나참 사람이 죽었는데 지금 님들 무슨 말 장난하시는건지... 그 돈이 어쟀던간에 한 사람이라도 사릴수 있는곳에 쓰였으면 좋갯군요...

[성균관]

(어쟀던>어쨌든, 살릴,좋겠)말장난이라니;;실제 요청한 금액보다 많이 받았다고 일본적십사에서 외부기금모집이 필요하지않다고 결정했고 국경없는 의사회에서도 일본에 대한 기급모집을 하지않으며 저 사이트에서도 일본에 한정된 기부금을 받지않으며 기부를 추천하지않는다고요. 3위의 경제국이라 도움이 덜 필요한데다 구호와 재건에 들어갈 필요한 금액이상으로 받는다고요..기부를 하더라도 구호가 아닌 다른곳에 쓰일수 있다고요..단순하게 말해, 다쳐서 병원비가 백만원인데 30만원이 부족해서 도움을 받았는데 60만원을 받았어요 병원비 내고 남는 돈은 어디에 쓰나요 구호에 들어가는 돈 보다 많이 준다고 더많이 살리는게 아니라고요;

[성균관]

추가로 천문학적인 액수의 보험금까지 받는다는군요.

[본씨]

한류 스타들은 뭐 거기서 돈벌이도 됐으니깐 보답,체면 차원 에서 한다고 쳐도 언론은 조금 오버 하고 있다고 생각함.

[무주리쪼뜨]

한국인의 기본 천성이 왜 이렇게 천하게 변해 버렸는지 모르겠네요...사실 저는 기독교가 이 나라를 망쳐놓은 주범이라고 생각합니다...불교에서는 ..자기민족 자기부모가 굶고있는데 ...다른민족 다른부모가 굶는것을 걱정하는 자들은 천박한 것들이라고 경전에 나와 있습니다.............우선 자기주위부터 돕고 남은 여력이있으면 다른민족을 도우는것이 순서인데....자기나라 극빈층은 본체만체하고 외국부자돕는데 정신 팔린 천한 나라가 되어 버렸네요..

[loves13]

너무 일반화 아닙니까? 한국인이 모두 기독교를 믿어서 기본천성이 천하게 되버렸습니까? 그래서 이렇게 많이 기부하는 현상이 나온건가요? 제가 볼땐 너무 억진데요.. 연관도 안되보이는 것을 억지로 기독교 끌여들이는 것처럼 보여요. 열심히 다니지는 않지만 교회다니는 사람으로써 님의 말 상당히 거슬리네요..

[치우천황대륙정벌!]

기독교 인들이 많아져서 이런현상이 벌어졌다고 해석하면 되겠네요.. 무주리쪼뜨님 말씀은요...좋은말이잖아요. 우리주위를 둘러보고 여력이있을때 남을돕자..

[무주리쪼뜨]

혹시...........국내의 다른사건들을 덥기위해서 이렇게 방송과 언론에서 오바해서 지랄하는것 아닐까요? 구제역이나 장자연사건등등.......뭔가 국민들이 몰랐으면 하는 사건들이 최근에 많잖아요..

[무주리쪼뜨]

엔캐리 트레이드란 말 들어봤나요?전 세계금융기관에서 일본에서 빌린돈으로 각지의 금융시장에 투자하는것인데..일본에서 투자금을 회수하면..전세계금융시장이 폭락할정도로..일본이 빌려준 돈이 막대합니다..그런나라에 지금 국민성금으로 모금하는놈들이 제 정신들인지..........일부 일본과 관련된 기업이나 연예인들을 제외하고....나머지는 뭐하는 것들인지.....

[치우천황대륙정벌!]

뭐.. 우리가 모르는 관련이 있는가보죠. ㅎㅎ

[랄라라랄]

역시 외국에서 객관적인 시선으로 봐도 놀라워 하는구나..

[식빵호빵]

이런 거 보면 우리나란 정은 많은데 똑똑하진 않은거같아요. 우리나라 연평도 수습은 해주고 퍼주는건지? 구제역 뒷수습은 제대로 하고나 퍼주는건지????

[춘향ol다리털]

경제적으로만 본다면 외신의 말이 맞죠. 솔직히 일본이 망한다고 해서 일본 기업이 망하는 건 아니니까요.

[하야로비]

제발 자국 좀 먼저 챙겨~~~~~~~~~~ㅠㅠ 지금 돌아가는 행태가 진짜 무슨 다들 홀린거 같아요..ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[디비]

삼성처럼 남들이 외면할 때 투자하는 전략인가?

[ggaggury]

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