But there is also a risk that assistance for tsunami victims is diverting aid from disasters that are of a more chronic character or that are less amenable to sensational media coverage. In announcing that it would stop accepting donations for the victims of the tsunami after collecting €40 million for that purpose, Médecins Sans Frontières noted its urgent need for funds for such man-made catastrophes as Darfur in Sudan and for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
但对海啸灾民的救助，也可能使得对于具有长期性特点并且不会受到媒体大肆报导的灾难所进行的援助发生转移。“医生无国界”组织在收到对海啸灾民捐助的4000万英镑后，宣布停止接受针对与此的捐助，而明确指出急需资金针对类似苏丹达尔福尔地区和民主刚果共和国发生的人为灾难实施救助。