[mischievious]

I spent "on off" 3 months in the malaysian Jungle for charity. I say "on off" because it was three weeks on two days off etc. til the end.

As far as all of this is concerened though, the countries in question can tend to make their own mistakes. Certainly in my experience, Humanitarian relief may be provided but not employed in the manner in which you would attribute nor expect.

Here is an excerpt of my experience:

We spent 3 weeks, digging to make 2-3 wells, concreted a school floor, painted the schoool, played volley-ball with the people and had a fantastic time of things. We were offered the use of a hut and tea for which we provided the tea bags, the lovely lady offered her companionship and hospitality. As well as making iced tea for us. When we had finished we had a leaving ceremony in which we all shared in. The locals somehow made some of us sing etc... It was a great experience

Then...

I got home, it then shortly after transpired they they had decided to charge the charity I was working for for the stone and concrete for the school floor. The lady whom offered us hospitality and tea from our own supplies was charging the charity for her time.

I'll leave it there to se what others make of this....