10 of the worst items to donate
Five days after super typhoon Yolanda pummeled the Visayas, we are now witnessing a different kind of storm surge—a tsunami of help coming from the Philippines and around the world.
Donations are literally flooding gymnasiums and offices of aid and relief groups from well-meaning people who simply can’t stand watching the news and seeing Filipinos in such dire straits.
But is it really okay to donate just about anything?
Caritas Manila, the Catholic social services group, and the Philippine Red Cross list down the worst donations they’ve received—giving grief to volunteer workers who call some of these unwanted items “worse than disasters. (Text by Rio Rose Ribaya)
