 Guatamala Highlands (Image by (From Wikimedia) Raymond Ostertag, Author: Raymond Ostertag) Details Source DMCA | The lack of transparency around shipments of humanitarian aid to one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere raises big questions about how charities working overseas can hide or understate their expenses while overstating the amount of good they do. Based on a review of IRS tax forms, shipping records, and customs documents, reporters found that, in 2010, fifteen U.S. charities claimed to have sent shipments of medicine and medical supplies valued at $40 million to Guatemala through Charity Services International, a for-profit company that obtains large quantities of donated goods, finds nonprofits seeking a way to help people in need at low cost, and, for a fee, handles the shipping as well as tax and customs documents. Yet neither the charities in question nor the biggest recipient of their aid in Guatemala could provide details on where the supplies went or who benefited. |
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