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Re: Notre Dame
Posted: 17 Apr 2019, 17:12
by duke63
Kwacky wrote:It's pretty sad to see billionaires using this as a dick waving contest to see who can donate the most. I presume that the church is insured.
That money could be put to really good use.
Quite.
A world where people are still drinking unclean water in many places......i wonder how far a billion euros would go to helping that problem?
Re: Notre Dame
Posted: 17 Apr 2019, 20:59
by D41
Over 3 million people die every year from drinking unclean water (3.4 million is closer to the mark).
A billion €uros wouldn't go very far at all in helping prevent that. It's worth remembering that other monies, from a variety of sources, are already allocated towards improved water distribution in Third World countries with only mixed-to-moderate results at best.
Re: Notre Dame
Posted: 17 Apr 2019, 21:40
by duke63
Re: Notre Dame
Posted: 17 Apr 2019, 21:42
by Jack
The WHO spend millions every year trying to convince people in India and Africa that open defecation is an unhealthy practice as it contaminates the water supply , even when they have the facilities many continue this practice , unless these people are educated there will never be a 100% safe water supply .
Re: Notre Dame
Posted: 20 Apr 2019, 17:20
by D41
Watching some news item re: the damage....if I was hearing it right, it doesn't seem that the damage is as bad as was first imagined.
So they're now figuring out how to rebuild it & how close to "original" they should go.