Black sheep in charities

I was clearly disappointed upon reading in the news that another charity was in troubled waters over missing funds.

St John's Home for Elderly Persons under probe for loss of funds
By Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 22 June 2007 1953 hrs

Before I shall continue any further, let this be known that the St John's Home for Elderly Persons have no connection in whatever way to another charity, St John's Ambulance, Singapore.

It's the trend, a worrying trend.

Charities rely on the donations from the public to run their normal operations, be it caring for the aged, disabled, sickly and the kids. And stealing from the donations is akin to stealing the trust from the public. And that actions is even worst than a politican.

Before i gets sued, let me explain. This was quoted in one of the movie, (i forget the title), a politican was telling a military man, "I am a politican. That means either i am hugging kids or i am stealing their lollipops."

It's even worst than stealing kid's lollipops, without hugging them!

Behold!!! The powers of money! It is so strong that man can fall for it's lustful desires, to process it, to be able to carcass it, to count it, and to spend it. Man have even know to kill a fellow human being, the same species on the earth, just for the sake of it.

I am following the news closely, and read another article with interest.

Don't wait for another black sheep
By Jasmine Yin, TODAY Posted: 25 June 2007 0920 hrs

The goverment had stated that those charities that went into trouble are the incidents of "few black sheeps".

But then, it raise the question. "Just how many black sheeps are there in the whole list of the charities in the NCSS list?"

Just how many black sheeps are there?

And everytime another black sheep, or rather, wolves in sheep clothing, appears and highlighted in the press, the public confidence level in charities is further shaken and weaken, and as a result, the whole charity sector, some 1,900 charities registered, are affected.

Just because of the acts of a selfish man, who scrumbled to the lustful desires of easy money.

And as the saying goes, it only takes a second to destroy the trust that had built up for years.
I certainly does not want to see another black sheep appearing with the same kind of nonsense. And certainly, the management of those charities must choose their employees carefully.