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Originally Posted by MIFAcafe
MC, any suggestion on how to donate in such a way the fund will be best use?
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Im not exactly sure what you mean, i can only guess, what i think you are asking. The question in my mind is to ask WHAT do you think is acceptible behaviour and what are the aims you want to achieve?
Forexample, in Australia, i cam accross charities that would collect millions of dollars, they gave their staff market acceptable, thought not market competive salaries so the people the attarct were not the best and brightest but the lazy ones who want to have a easy job and live overseas on a expat salary, they also spent quite laviously on staff parties and had as their offices villas in pp, luang prabang etc etc. In my estimatition id be suprised if 50% of their collection donations actually makes it to the needy. That is not the charity i would support, others would say 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. Well that is true but im sure if the vast maority of the public knew how they spent their money, there wouldnt be so much support.
I was also involve in another charity whose organisers did it purely for their ego's to be praised as good souls, again im not to comfortable with people who do it for such selfish aims, but thats purely me. This charity also did things which i think is foolish, ie buy bicyles for students, ie the gifted students. My personal feeling on this is that now the first priority is survival and having adequate nutrition, things like bycyles are not a priority.
Do you see my point?
So when you ask me this question, my answer is are u comfortable with whjo u dealing with so u know they will use the donations efficiently even if tehre wasnt fraud involved, secondly are they using it for goals you comfortable with.
I assume in h88 case he uses the donations to buy food and water etc and give to the hospital/orphanage and they will distribute it to the needy, if you are happy with H88 and the hospital? I wouldnt be confortable giveing cash to the hospital, but if you are confortable that hospital staff wont divert the rice for their own use then i dont see any problems continuing how you have done it with h88.
My own group, admitted i have just joined and im not an organiser, i just know as i have mentioned, they set a target, the current target is 300 parcels consisting of 10kg rice, 1 box noodles, bottle cooking oil and 1 case water, they said this will cost 200k, and via friends on fb and outside people voluntarily donate, i donates only 500k, but i see guys donate 1.5m, 3mill etc. They will then use this to buy and divide up the goods, they ahve organsed with a temple in tra vinh where on that day the poor and needy will arrive to collect the good. On other occasions they buy rice and tau hu etc, cook and make rice boxes then go to a hospital and give it directly to th poor sick people. I have seen pictures of them staying up all nite cooking and preparings and then handing out the rice boxes. This i think i feel secure as they are directly giving it to the needy. I have meet them once and have talked and seem pics of their work. I suppose what makes me feel comfortable is a feeling only and the fact that when i meet them they didnt try to take advantage of me as a foreigner, nor did they try to get me to contribute more when io said 500k they said if thats all u can help, then we thank you and accept it. I will watch and observe them before i start donating bigger amounts, if anyone does pass me money i will be keeping it safe in the short term untill i know these guys are legit, but so far i have a good feeling.
Hopefully that answered your question