No deductions for Haiti

Explanation

Imagine if everything you owned and did suddenly had to fit in a small makeshift tent

The situation in Haiti is exceptionally grim, and we all know it. Everyone is doing their bit for Haiti; companies and individuals have given generously, G7 have agreed to grant debt relief, all sorts of performers and service providers have offered to work for free to help the people of Haiti.

In these circumstances we feel all the NGOs who work in Haiti should also recognise the exceptional suffering of the people of Haiti, and sign up to this pledge. Those who have already pledged are listed on the top right of this page. These UK NGOs are pledging not to spend any money from donations or sponsorships given for Haiti in 2010 to pay for UK advertising, fundraising, administration, advocacy or anything else in the UK (except specifically purchase of goods for transit to Haiti). If you have already given to a different charity why not contact them and ask them to sign up to the pledge?

This petition and pledge refers to UK costs. We have thought carefully about different pledges but decided this on carries the least risk of blurring the lines between fundraising, advocacy, administration etc. The UK isn't where logistical planning or rebuild work for Haiti will be organised or project managed, what we do here in the UK should not count as “Haiti”.

This is a reasonable request and should not be too hard for charities to sign up to. Most charities will have already fixed their annual budgets when the disaster struck on January 12 and major media partners gave free publicity. As responsible UK NGOs we all owe it to the British public and to the people of Haiti not to use this unexpected collection of millions of pounds to pay for what we in the UK would be doing anyway.

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