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Introduction Case studies Resources Sign up  About Who Counts?
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Who Counts? is an initiative launched in April 2005 by Mango, a UK registered charity. Mango exists to help NGOs strengthen their financial management by providing training, carefully selected finance staff and guides to good practice. See www.mango.org.uk - or click on the links above - for more about us. We launched the Who Counts? campaign because of our experience that NGOs often aim to increase accountability to beneficiaries, but find it hard to deliver it in practice. Our paper Helping People is Difficult (executive summary) provides an analysis of why they find it so hard. Who Counts? is part of Mango's contribution to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY, under the "Better Aid" banner. It also links with the Commission for Africa's call for greater transparency in the use of public funding and flows of money to African states. Who Counts? is just as relevant for those concerned about the efficient and effective use of the unprecedented funds made available to NGOs following the Asian Tsunami Disaster. We believe that financial reporting to beneficiaries is a simple and important way for NGOs to improve their impact, and that all NGOs should do it unless there is a clear reason not to. We welcome any comments or ideas about the campaign. Please feel free to contact us on whocounts@mango.org.uk or phone Alex Jacobs on +44 (0) 1865 433885. We would be very pleased to collaborate with other organisations working on similar issues. |
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