Wal-Mart Fails to Meet Donation Goals - UPDATE!

You might recall several posts we did regarding Wal-Mart’s donations to China’s earthquake relief efforts.  Those posts all cited numerous articles which detailed not only Wal-Mart’s meager donation pledges, but also that Wal-Mart had largely failed to follow through on their donations.  Worse, another story surfaced about how Wal-Mart would potentially profit off the earthquake victims by building stores in the earthquake region.

All these posts were a bit too much for Wal-Mart China’s director of public relations Jonathan Dong.  He even wrote us a strongly worded letter to express his dismay.  Unfortunately for Jonathan Dong, this story just won’t end.

According to a recent article from Beibu Gulf ASEAN Economic Web, Wal-Mart STILL has not met its donation targets!  Luckily, Jonathan has prepared a response:  “Spending money is hard.”

Public relations director Jonathan Dong (董玉国) explained “contributing money is easy; spending money is difficult. On May 23, Wal-Mart decided to give away an additional 17 million .  The company immediately looked for projects to aid, looking at subsidizing schools, orphanages, etc.  But Wal-Mart found out that many [companies] were financing the same projects.” At present time, Wal-Mart is in the process of seeking suitable projects to support.

Imagine that.