Funding a war isn't cheap and may be one of the reasons the public may not be swayed to donate money to a good cause.
Although the credit crunch is still affecting everyone's lives, students from Canterbury Christ Church University organised a string of successful Comic Relief events raising money for many different causes.
The question remains however did the declaration of the UN's support to enforce the no fly zone in Libya affect how much money was donated on the actual day?
With a record breaking 74 million pounds raised so far will residents in Canterbury be thrown off donating more money with the threat of another war and increased taxes as funding needs to come from somewhere.
Lisa Mack, 19, a student from Canterbury who organised a cake sale for comic relief at CCCU before the no fly zone was reinforced said: “Our event was really successful, we sold all the cakes and even had to buy some more! Even if the air strikes had happened earlier, I don’t think it would have made much difference to students.”
Although the war in Libya may not affect students, it will in no doubt affect residents of Kent, I set to the streets of Canterbury to ask residents if they had been put off donating money knowing that money they had earnt would indirectly be paid to fund warfare.
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