Dear Sir:
I remain committed to providing factual information in my letters and this certainly pertains to Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health). A writer stated that my PIH assertion of their highly inflated salaries in Rwanda were in his words: "outlandish" and "his paranoid delusions" I suggest we do the "math" as see who is being deceived.
PARTNERS IN HEALTH, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
Consolidated Schedule of Functional Program Expenses
Six month period ended June 30, 2007
Rwanda Programs
Program resources: $461,839 (15%)
Payroll expenses: 1,423,863 (47.3%)
Total expenses: 3,011,444
Folks, that 47% in payroll expenses and by anybody's account, that is thievery for a non-profit business to be sucking up half of the donated money to pay employees.
That's not all. Let's take a look at Peru:
Program resources: $301,479 (20%)
Payroll Expenses: $416,588 (28%)
Outside Services(?): $629,273 (42%)
Total Expenses: $1,510,883
I can only imagine what is "dumped" into "Outside Services" which I have no doubt includes hefty "consultant fees". You have 70% of the expenses going into these two line items.
Haiti, Zanmi Lasante. For the six month period ended June 30, 2007,
Program resources $ 6,515,595 (76%)
Payroll expenses 130,618 (1.5%) Hmmm.
Travel 354,648 (3x that of payroll)
Total expenses $ 8,525,901
Very interesting things going on in Haiti. Look at the salary figure for Haiti and contrast that with Rwanda or Peru. Does not equate. Haiti, Peru and Rwanda are all low paying, third world nations with much smaller operating budgets than Haiti.
What jumps out in Haiti is that category called "Program Resources" at 76% and their first-class travel budget. PIH in Rwanda recorded only 15% in program resources and 47% in payroll. It doesn't take a financial genius to see what is at play here.
Now all of this might be delusional, but try running this data past a corporate financial manager and watch his eyes and reaction.
Now, the writer further states: "Donors are allowed to restrict, or direct, individual contributions to benefit programs of patient care, professional training, medical research, community infrastructure, and advocacy." Did these donors "restrict" 47 cents on the USD to be paid in salaries when they "designated: Rwanda"? I doubt it! If they knew, they would be crying: "thieves" instead.
He goes on: "I care more for the fate of Haiti’s poor than who runs its financial affairs." That sentiment has been the problem with Haiti for decades. Not watching out for where the money goes has created the corruption that ruins Haiti on a daily basis. If you care for the poor, then you'll scrutinize the numbers to the penny and demand full accountability. The Pierre-Louis, Soros, PIH setup will need full securitization because big money is at stake.
So what about Soros and PIH. Here's a snippet from "Mountains beyond Mountains", a propaganda piece put out by Soros and PIH: "Farmer was asked after receiving the Soros gift why he continued to do so with his busy schedule. His reply? So that he himself could thank Soros for his multi-million dollar funding." Soros owns PIH and Soros' money was stolen from the people of Thailand and Malaysia
So let's once again tie Haiti's finances with Soros and PIH:
According to PIH's web site they make this statement:
They have "launched aggressive advocacy plans for government accountability in international financial institutions and to ensure that funds entering Haiti are implemented within a human rights framework."
In other words, PIH plans to "vet" all incoming foreign aid funds and with Madam Pierre-Louis and Soros running the finances; PIH will indeed accomplish this mission and to the detriment of Haiti.
George Grunner
Atlanta, GA |
