Im skeptical of the Red Cross - but only because when they took a lot of donations for - correct me if Im wrong as I cant fully remember - the farmers drought fund.. they took forever to actually pass it on.. and even then some people never saw a cent.
However I did hear an interview the other day with Red Cross CEO and he was saying that before they distribute the 30mil or so they have received.. an independant panel will be set up to work out who gets what. lets just hope that goes as planned.
as I didnt want to wait for my donation to have an effect... I donated to the Vic RSPCA today directly via their website. The thought of all the animals affected by this is just awful. They are already out there at the disaster sights rescuing animals and doing mercy killing where necessary.
If you want to help the link is here:
http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_ne..._bushfires.htm
otherwise they are also taking donations of pet food etc - not sure how that will work from Perth... but anyways.
I think this photo says it all:
