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What we may look down upon as a 3rd world nation...does for American what apparently we cannot do for ourselves:
Full article here.
There's a lesson here if we want to continue to call ourselves the greatest nation on earth.
The nation of Qatar plans to announce today roughly $60 million in grants to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, including $17.5 million to Xavier University of Louisiana, the only historically black Catholic university in the United States.
Other beneficiaries are Tulane University, Children's Hospital in New Orleans, Habitat for Humanity, Louisiana State University and the March of Dimes.
Nasser Bin Hamad M. al-Khalifa, Qatar's ambassador to the United States, said the remainder of the $100 million his country had pledged would be assigned in the coming months.
Full article here.
There's a lesson here if we want to continue to call ourselves the greatest nation on earth.