Monday 13 January 2014

Accountable And Honest Haiti Non-Profit Institutions

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.

The incapability of states to sufficiently control offensive demeanor by those acting in the name of aid has exposed the aid sector to destructive public relations. Unlike other corporations, which must conform to fairly strict book-keeping systems, charities are subject only to the vaguest of regulations. Consequently, donors frequently cannot tell if a charitable trust is well-organized at collecting and distributing funds for laudable causes or just superior at cooking its books.

The government has also failed to monitor this aid by providing little or no supervision regarding the whereabouts of donor funding in form of relief food, clothing and temporary shelter. Lack of regulation of such charities has led to ore suffering of tsunami, hurricane or flood victims who lose their homes as a result of natural disasters. In fact, these organizations have perfected the art of falsifying accounting information to fool the givers.

As a result, they have lost donor confidence and led to the disapproval of their funding applications. It is difficult to tell the good from the bad due to the wanton generalization. The need to address this problem cannot be emphasized. The genuine charities should demonstrate their honesty by keeping accurate books and producing them for audit in form of quarterly reports. They should act like any other financial institution for them to receive continuous support throughout the year.

Each new indignity hurts the justifiable liberal institute by increasing cynicism in the open-handed community. The county has the complicated, but critical, responsibilities of defending their citizens from impostors who prey on their generous nature. Charlatans demand their staff to falsely claim that all proceeds to their organizations liberate the entire community.

Consequently, straightforward book keepers have lost their jobs if they fail to obey their dishonest masters. These works of shame have weighed down the patronage for good causes to lost self-assurance. Innovative associations have emerged mostly as a transformation of their predecessors. By creating a schedule of truthful response and accounting, this area can change by boosting trust in the altruistic sector.

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.

Ecological matters must obtain their amount of backing as predetermined in the tender. If for some motive the funds were not exhausted, the recipient must communicate this and propose new projects. Whereas most societies have shot themselves in the foot, some have maintained a good relationship with their benefactors. Inadvertently, Haiti non profit institutions have received millions of dollars for maintenance.




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