the MREs aren't for the dead. when it comes time to distribute all this cash, cash for rebuilding, etc - its going to be doled out based on body count. its a difficult thing to say, but let's be honest here, just tossing around numbers of dead is a fairly simple way for their government to operate corruptly, there is no way to substantiate the claims.
I'm sure that some of the relief money will find its way into corrupt hands. So what? This isn't about them.
If you demand a "pure" accounting for every cent before something is done help a really great number of people in real- actual- today- sort of distress, then nothing could ever happen in time to be worthwhile.