Issues of Unscrupulous Mental Health Charities Rise for the Holidays
December 24th, 2009
Opportunities to give to charities and various good causes seem especially ample around the holiday season, and while many organizations and efforts with truly good intentions exist, others may operate with less than admirable ethics. The threat to personal well-being on the part of givers presented by such fraudulent charities has caused some to suggest that confidence in charitable giving may drop, causing decreases in philanthropy and a rising distrust of honest organizations. As many mental health initiatives rely on the financial gifts of others, such a trend could prove deleterious for the field, an effect compounded by suggestions that a lack of confidence in the US health care bill may lead to its rejection and the continuing struggle of some clients to acquire quality care.
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I believe that it is our intention that matter and not what some unscrupulous people have on their mind. If I make a donation, I have done my bit to try and help some needy people. If the person who collected the money does not make proper use of the money, it should not affect my intentions.
Well I think if there is an umbrella organization for each city or geographical area that has the information of all the philanthropic organizations operating in that particular city or geographical area, then we can curb this ill practice because people would then know which organization is registered and where the proceeds given to a particular organization are going…
It is sad that people look to pocket some money in the name of helping others. Such people have no morals or ethics whatsoever and there need top be stricter laws for people found to be guilty of such offences.
I see no need to bring about any organization to make the job of helping the needy even more difficult. Proper background checks are made anyway by people making big donations…
Awareness in this regard will make people conduct proper research on the credentials of the organizations they are making their donations to. Awareness campaigns should be conducted around November and early December.
I totally agree with Niko. How pathetic do you have to be to try to make a profit off of the misfortune of others? That is just wrong on multiple levels!
Stricter laws and nothing else will deter such pathetic souls from committing such dirty crimes… They are not just taking money from someone for nothing but also denying the money that was to be got by someone in need.
And in my town over Christmas someone hijacked a Salvation Army worker and stole all the kettle money from his shift! I swear sometimes I have to wonder what this world is coming to when things like this can happen. I mean these are the people who are trying to help those most in need, and yet they are still underappreciated!
The relief of poverty distress, suffering (including starvation, sickness mental health and physical injury, disability and affliction) and development of people in need anywhere in the world but in particular the middle east and north Africa who are the victims of conflict, natural disaster, insecurity or crisis.
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