Charity & Risk Part 2

Dear Friends,

There have been a few alleged cases of people abusing the kindness of others, e.g. beneficiaries selling items they collect, fundraisers not being accountable for the donations they raise. I urge caution for everyone and hope that no one has a bad experience while giving kindness. As much as we want to inculcate a loving and giving environment for everyone here in P2P, we must be vigilant against potential scammers. Please do not give when in doubt, even if the initiatives were shared by our P2P admins or myself. I very much welcome anyone to question me until they are assured, on the initiatives I share. The same applies to all our P2P AdminsDerek, Vicknes, JiaJia).

Our group is a public group, so are our posts. This is to facilitate members sharing and creating awareness for various initiatives/ event that need help. On the flip side, what we post here are accessible by anyone on the Internet with a Facebook account. If there should be anyone who PM you to ask for items, please do not entertain and refer them to the admins. For the genuine cases, we can refer them to social welfare groups or volunteer groups for assistance. Please also refrain from posting your mobile numbers on our group, and especially to my dear friend, Susan, please try not to post your parent's residence address, ha smile emoticon

Also, the kind nature inside every one of us sometimes make us very eager to help, whenever a news broke out in the media. I think every case is unique and it will be good to understand more about what is required, why beneficiaries are not getting enough help from the social welfare organizations (Comcare), Volunteer Welfare Org (VWOs) before we decide how we can support with cash or in-kind donation. As I always advocate, keep the cash donation amount small, get more people involved, it is more meaningful as everyone gets to play a part and it will minimize the risk for everyone.

My group of admins will do our best to scrutinize the posts in this group but please be careful on your end. We do not wish for any of your kindness and generosity to be abused or taken for granted. Let's continue to uphold the spirit of kindness and love, while exercise caution as we give.

Thank you !

Read about Charity & Risk Part 1 here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1437902803105381/permalink/1686153144947011/