“‘The quake zone urgently needs tents, quilt, instant food, drinking water and medical goods,” the charity posted to Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. “Please try your best to donate cash.”
In response, hundreds of thousands of people quickly posted emoticons giving the government-run charity a literal thumbs-down.’ – BBC News
Why would Chinese people do that to Red Cross, one of the biggest humanitarian organizations in the world that aided so many people when they are in need?
According to BBC News, ‘”Lao Xu”, was enraged by a photo of Chinese Red Cross employees in the quake zone. “They’re eating instant noodles while wearing expensive watches. These photos are just asking for criticism.”‘
That was not it. The major incident that caused distrust of Red Cross of China from Chinese netizens was the Guo Meimei Incident. Although the Red Cross denied to have any relationship with her or her luxurious lifestyle, it is obvious that Red Cross of PRC cannot gain people’s trust back, as people are doubtful of whether their donations will reach to the victims. The stats about their corruption can be found in the BBC News article.
Right now, other NGO and smaller charities in China are getting a lot more funds than they used to as they have higher transparency of operations, and they really do things more effectively.
The situation in Ya’an is controlled now, thus, it is fading out from the news, which is a good indication of effective work. Internet played a huge role in this, as it helped to maintain transparency and communication during the whole process.
There will always be small % (hopefully less than 0.01%)of greet. i still have trust in Red Cross, World Vision, etc.