Choosing to help a certain category (moreover likely to be less exposed
than average, moreover scattered across each country) in an overwhelming
emergency is both practical infeasible and unethical.
Money is probably not the top one need (instead of some specific
goods/resources) but we don't have anything better to offer.
WMF is quite full of money which surely cannot be spent on anything more
worth than this.
Moreover lobbying for this:
should be considered.
Vito
Il giorno sab 24 apr 2021 alle ore 20:39 Chris Keating <
chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> ha scritto:
Personally I feel, insuring individuals against
COVID-19 or helping
people to get vaccines or sending other supports can be better handled
locally by local affiliates (or local committees as proposed by Tito,
whichevers seems fit) instead of a central organization like WMF. Local
affiliates have better information about the vulnerable section of the
community, government orders concerning the available vaccines, local
market value of insurance premiums, vaccines, disinfectants etc. Sometimes
they even have the money and/or the intention to extend this kind of
support too, all they need is just a permission from the donor i.e. WMF
Grants team.
The more I think about this, the more I come to think that we should at
least attempt it.
It might be unusual for a nonprofit to provide this kind of support to its
volunteers, but this is a truly exceptional situation. And while the entire
world is struggling with Covid, the nature of the struggle is deeply
different in most wealthy countries compared to what India is going through
now. And India will probably not be the last nation to see its healthcare
system not just threatened but entirely overwhelmed.
Of course the WMF is not going to be able to start airlifting
Wikimedia-branded vaccines or oxygen supplies, but there must be some form
practical help that can be given to support Wikimedia volunteers.
Regards,
Chris
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