You don’t think your donations actually get spent on what they’re supposed to.
Here at One Person
we have made a deliberate decision to not get too big. Our research has shown
us that smaller NGO’s can be much more cost-effective than larger ones.
- There are no paid positions here in Canada. The Board and Committee volunteer their time and skills. And that amounts to thousands of hours and a deep-well of skills!
- We do pay a stipend to our One Person Agent. Emmanuel Mlau in Kahama, Tanzania. Program funds are sent to Emmanuel and he ensures that they are spent where they were intended to be spent and monitors the programs. Emmanuel also contributes many unpaid hours to One Person!
- All our trips to Kahama are self-funded. Everyone pays their own way.
- Our Admin costs are low (around 1%) as the Board absorbs half of the costs – donating paper and ink for the brochures and flyers for example. A local business owner has also donated printing and paper. Running costs are equally low – one major expense being paying for our domain name and web-hosting which works out at around $100 a year. Renewing our Society status is $25 a year.
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One Person member Peter on a work-bee at the recently constructed orphanage |
You can
see your dollars in action on our
facebook page, this blog and via our website. We are also featured
regularly in BC newspapers and magazines, on the radio and in TV news reports.
Brenda
(One Person President) holds information nights at her home, hosts presentations in the community,
and each year creates a wonderful summary of progress, which is shown at our
Annual Gala.
For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation contact me , mail to The One Person Project, 10108 Julia Street, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z5 donate on-line or make a payment into our account at the Summerland & District Credit Union.