Regular Donations Vital to Medical Humanitarian Work, MSF Looks Forward to Better Governance in Donors’ Recruitment
Feb 08, 2012
Over the four decades, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing independent medical humanitarian assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. Our work could not be done without the continuous and stable support of our donors all over the world.
MSF’s donations come mainly from the public. In Hong Kong, public donations amounted for 99% of our total donations, and we heavily rely on support from regular contribution of our donors. We are grateful to the trust and loyalty of our supporters. Regular donations are a vital source of income which enables MSF to provide swift and independent medical assistance, while street fundraising campaign is one of the effective channels to recruit regular givers.
MSF welcomes the introduction of the new Code of Practice by the Face-to-Face Monthly Giving Alliance today, which provides practical guidelines to charitable organisations for conducting face-to-face regular donors’ recruitment on the street or in public places as stated in the Code. MSF is one of the non-governmental organisations which have been actively involved in the drafting of the Code last year until it has been finalised. We fully respect the Code, and what we do every day coheres with it.
We acknowledge that the new Code of Practice marks a good start to the better governance of the recruitment of regular donors on the street or in public places. However, MSF is cautious to the enforcement and surveillance of this voluntary Code. We believe the enforcement of the Code should be carried out by an independent third party, so that it can avoid any disadvantage of self-regulation.
MSF looks forward to development of good governance in donors’ recruitment and fundraising, and we are always open to opinions from our donors, supporters and members of the public.
MSF’s donations come mainly from the public. In Hong Kong, public donations amounted for 99% of our total donations, and we heavily rely on support from regular contribution of our donors. We are grateful to the trust and loyalty of our supporters. Regular donations are a vital source of income which enables MSF to provide swift and independent medical assistance, while street fundraising campaign is one of the effective channels to recruit regular givers.
MSF welcomes the introduction of the new Code of Practice by the Face-to-Face Monthly Giving Alliance today, which provides practical guidelines to charitable organisations for conducting face-to-face regular donors’ recruitment on the street or in public places as stated in the Code. MSF is one of the non-governmental organisations which have been actively involved in the drafting of the Code last year until it has been finalised. We fully respect the Code, and what we do every day coheres with it.
We acknowledge that the new Code of Practice marks a good start to the better governance of the recruitment of regular donors on the street or in public places. However, MSF is cautious to the enforcement and surveillance of this voluntary Code. We believe the enforcement of the Code should be carried out by an independent third party, so that it can avoid any disadvantage of self-regulation.
MSF looks forward to development of good governance in donors’ recruitment and fundraising, and we are always open to opinions from our donors, supporters and members of the public.
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