Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Another 3 charities de-registered

Coming after the NKF scandal, the Commissioner of Charities (COC) has de-registered another 3 charities. The 3 charities are set up set up by the same man, and the COC has discovered serious irregularities and suspicious transactions in the administration of the charities. These are the Children of Singapore Foundation, Children’s Lukaemia Foundation Limited, and Club Sunshine Limited (previously known as Kids-In-Distress Foundation Limited).

Another organisation, the Kidney Fund Organisation (KFO), will not be granted charity status by the COC. The COC felt, after careful scrutiny, that the organisation's intentions were not exclusively charitable as the bulk of donations, amounting to some $110,000 in 2006, did not benefit charitable causes.

It is sad to know that kind hearted people's good will are being abused, but having all these cases of abuse should not stop people from donating generously to charity. After all, there are real people out there who are working hard for charitable causes, and there are real unfortunate people who really need to be helped. So don't stop giving, people! :)

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