After the recent earthquake,millions of dollars in relief aid was recieved by the Nepal government and various INGOs involved in Nepal.Eventhough we never shy from criticizing the lack of effort of the government after the quakes, there are numbers and statistics that show the effort from the government was quite effective and helped save thousands of lives all over the country. On the other hand, the INGOs also recieved huge amount of money for the relief effort but what have they really contributed to it?
The SWC's decision to bring financial transactions of all INGOs under government banking system ,in my view,is the right thing to do.The government's relief effort, according to reports, was carried out with a budget of about 50 million dollars.In contrast, INGOs recieved 100s of millions of dollars and they have not accomplished anything near what you'd think can be done with that sort of money, especially, when it is with the people who are here to serve us in the time of crisis and know what is to be done.If the money was properly utilized wouldn't there be results to show for!
Bringing the finacial transactions of INGOs under government banking system would mean that there will be audits of the organization's transaction and we can see where all the money is really being spent and knowing that the money is being well spent will bring accountability to the INGOs,if that really is the case and if it isn't so, what is the point of having them here when they are not working for our betterment but are making profit in our time of crisis.
For the INGOs that are here to serve the people this would not cause any major problem and IF the audits are carried out properly it would show which organizations are working as advertised and which are not.
Money and life
After the recent earthquake,millions of dollars in relief aid was recieved by the Nepal government and various INGOs involved in Nepal.Eventhough we never shy from criticizing the lack of effort of the government after the quakes, there are numbers and statistics that show the effort from the government was quite effective and helped save thousands of lives all over the country. On the other hand, the INGOs also recieved huge amount of money for the relief effort but what have they really contributed to it?
The SWC's decision to bring financial transactions of all INGOs under government banking system ,in my view,is the right thing to do.The government's relief effort, according to reports, was carried out with a budget of about 50 million dollars.In contrast, INGOs recieved 100s of millions of dollars and they have not accomplished anything near what you'd think can be done with that sort of money, especially, when it is with the people who are here to serve us in the time of crisis and know what is to be done.If the money was properly utilized wouldn't there be results to show for!
Bringing the finacial transactions of INGOs under government banking system would mean that there will be audits of the organization's transaction and we can see where all the money is really being spent and knowing that the money is being well spent will bring accountability to the INGOs,if that really is the case and if it isn't so, what is the point of having them here when they are not working for our betterment but are making profit in our time of crisis.
For the INGOs that are here to serve the people this would not cause any major problem and IF the audits are carried out properly it would show which organizations are working as advertised and which are not.
