Charity returns tsunami money
11may05
GLOBAL relief agency Medecins sans Frontieres is tracking down hundreds of thousands of tsunami donors worldwide and offering them their money back.
Hundreds of Australians have asked for $93,000 in refunds after the charity told them it had four times the 20 million euro ($A33.35 million) it needed to fund its response to the Boxing Day disaster, it has been reported.
They refused the charity's offer to redirect their donations to lower profile cases like Sudan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
One Australian donation returned was for $50,000.
The charity's president, Rowan Gillies, was quoted as saying it was ethically compelled to contact every donor of the surplus 83 million euro ($A138.39 million) and offer to return it.
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