It's always heartwarming to see the selfless, charitable side of humanity rise to the surface in the face of catastrophe. In Colombia, it's been pouring rain for several months without let up, causing massive flooding, destroying hundreds of thousands of homes, displacing untold numbers of people and killing several hundred. It's been described as the worst natural disaster in the history of that nation and they are in desperate need of donated clothing for millions of people left with nothing but the soaking wet shirts stuck to their backs. It's truly wonderful to see people rising to the challenge and sending destitute Colombians what they so desperately need.
Volunteers of Colombia's Red Cross found a tiger outfit, stained thongs and a wedding dress among goods that were donated for victims of floods that have devastated large parts of the country.
"What use is a wedding dress for a flood victim?" a Red Cross volunteer rhetorically asked newspaper El heraldo.
Apart from the wedding dress and tiger outfit, volunteers found gala dresses smelling of moth balls, soiled thongs and smelly underwear.
"It looks like people were using the campaign to get rid of their stuff," another volunteer told the newspaper.
[Colombia Reports]
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