Responsible And Straightforward Haiti Non-Profit Societies

By Marissa Velazquez


As shown by the media, Haiti non profit and charitable organizations were active during the recent natural disaster. The Red Cross in particular has continued to help victims of floods, hunger, earthquakes and terror attacks. With such disaster preparedness, such organizations require adequate donor support to act quickly in the wake of a hurricane or tsunami. For this to happen, they must demonstrate accountability of funds to boost donor confidence. Ensuring that this aid reaches the destined people goes a long way in boosting this confidence.

For this reason therefore, charitable organizations must be accountable for that aid to ensure that it reaches the destined people. They must also report this to the donors in form of accurate book-keeping and other reports. Unfortunately, the charitable sector has its fair share of charlatans. There are people who use this aid for their own economic gain.

Such disapproval like cannot help but corrode public belief in the area. Yet sector leaders, in whose interest it is to have deception and unethical deeds reduced and are able to help the community differentiate the wheat from the chaff, act as if no problem exists. The charitable subdivision makes several donations to humanity and has seen surprising development although it is similar to any other sector of the financial system.

It has its fair share of unprincipled persons who seek to gain by swindling innocent donors out of their well-merited proceeds and, in some cases, their lifetime investments. These deceptive schemes hurt not only givers, who take action in the erroneous confidence that they are helping altruistic causes, but also the benevolent community.

The conviction that the philanthropic society owes them a living and needs to expend their wealth is flawed and negligent. They ought to appreciate that benefactors have saved for all their life to sustain charitable trusts or make constructive donations to the public. Unscrupulous directors have eroded this trust.

In some cases honest accountants have been fired if they refuse to cook the books. These acts of indignity have hampered donor support for good causes due to eroded confidence. New organizations have come up mostly as a metamorphosis of the old ones. By developing a regimen of honest feedback and accounting, this sector can turn around by boosting trust in the charitable sector. This will in turn work for their own advantage.

The benevolent community does not give money for the sake of it. Do not assume that they have excess or infinite resources. They provide help because they have always thought of supporting these causes and would love to achieve their dreams. The government must refrain from taxing the funds but improve monitoring of donor support.

In fact, in 2004 there was a 16 percent increase in new supporters to the global aid sector. This growth was largely due to the tsunami. Such disasters will keep on drawing millions of dollars if allocated to the required causes. Haiti non profit organizations require a consistent donor base that provides support in the wake of unique disaster.




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