In Reply to: clothes posted by KES on Friday, 21. July 2006 at 21:19 Bali Time:
but have heard, first hand that money gets diverted for personal use. A lawyer from Belgium who has been a sizable contributor visited in May and was so disgusted about what she uncovered that she will never donate another dollar. The volunteers working there at the time apparantly saw through the operation and walked too.
There are many NGO's ( non governmental organisations ) working in Bali and some of them exist only to give the people running them a living and a good living at that.
Apart from good NGO's and individuals, I must give a plug for Rotary. One dollar to us means one dollar to whatever project it's given to. We pay all our own expenses and deliver good things to the community.
Have a look at our website http//www.rotaryseminyak.org