| 140 | 140 | * Requests that are made by community-level individuals, whether its a Local Government Official (e.g. Gramaseveka Niladari) or any other official or a community leader, then there would be a slight hesitantation from potential 'donors'. Not to imply that the official is lying, but it's well experienced that sometimes government officials exaggerate the post-disaster needs so that they could cover up ongoing development-related needs. For example, if the GN division A has 100 households and 50 of them need support to build toilets, and from floods only 10 toilets were damaged, there is a possibility that the official would report 60 damages so he could cover up an existing need through disaster relief. |
