Why People Have Donated More To The Philippines Than Syria

In the six months since Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, killing as many as 8,000 people and leaving millions more homeless, the British public has donated £90 million to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the relief and recovery effort. But in over twice the length of time just £23 million has been collected for the crisis in Syria. This is despite the fact that at least 50,000 civilians have been killed in the Syrian conflict, and more than 9 million people displaced. Brendan Paddy from the DEC explains why he thinks people have been more willing to donate to the Philippines disaster than to Syria.