我上了加拿大红十字会网战,查了一下,它的确是说,在非常少见的情况下,会出现捐赠多于需要的事情。如果这种事情发生,他们会将善款使用在其他救灾项目上(In the unlikely event that funds collected for a particular appeal exceed the needs of the affected population, the Red Cross commits that the balance of any capital funds standing to the credit of that appeal will either be held or used to support responses to disaster in Canada or in any other part of the world, as may be required in its discretion, and for no other purpose.)。可是,这次四川地震,直接损失就超过了5000亿人民币,更不用说将来的伤员救治和灾后重建。我相信国际红十会在救灾标准方面不会有太大的偏差。再说,即使有一部分不能用上,只要不超过50%就行。我们必须争取加拿大政府的100%跟进捐款。至于海啸捐款的使用,我认为证据不足,因为红十字会捐款分为短期、中期和长期(The Red Cross determines the needs of the affected population and the type of assistance that is required, based on guidelines and assessments of the immediate, short and long-term assistance required.),有谁可以肯定海啸善款发放已经中止了呢?如果国际红十字会可以分期发放捐款并有效监督善款使用,其实比一次性发放更好。