Kudos to the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its new humanitarian arm Nonbelief Relief for making a $20,000 donation to Doctors Without Borders following the accidental U.S. bombing of one of its hospitals in Afghanistan:
“We think it’s important that it be known that secularists are just as charitable, if not more charitable than the religious, but have simply lacked the infrastructure to give as a united group under the banner of freethought,” says Nonbelief Relief President Annie Laurie Gaylor, who also serves as co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
The Nonbelief Relief board voted to give the grant following the Oct. 3 aerial bombing by the U.S. military of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people: 12 staff members and 10 patients, including three children. Another 37 people, including 19 staff members, were injured.
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“President Obama expressed regret over the tragic incident and offered his thoughts and prayers on behalf of the American people to the victims, their families and loved ones,” a White House statement said.
“Regret, thoughts and in particular prayers do not accomplish a thing,” said Dan Barker, Nonbelief Relief vice president and FFRF co-president.
As someone who works with a different group encouraging atheists to give to charity, I’m thrilled to see Nonbelief Relief on the scene. We need more groups like this, and it’s a wonderful way to harness the collective goodwill of FFRF’s membership.
Donate to them. Donate to Foundation Beyond Belief. Donate, period.
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