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From: cdshaw@watmum.UUCP (Chris Shaw)
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Subject: Re: Live Aid
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 22:20:15 EDT
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<Some guy makes a comment that Live Aid (etc.) is only short term, and will
die out when the story loses newsworthiness >

As I seem to recall, the whole of the BandAid/LiveAid effort is directed
to creating the infrastructure required to get the short term grain shipments
to the starving people.

There is enough grain shipments arriving in Ethiopia, but it sits in the ports
because there aren't any trucks to carry it where it is needed. The LiveAid 
people intend to attack the transportation/infrastructure problem first and
foremost, and let the other sources provide the bulk of the food.

The LiveAid folks well recognize that a short-term solution is not enough,
and they are striving to solve that problem.


Chris Shaw    watmath!watmum!cdshaw  or  cdshaw@watmath
University of Waterloo

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