Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA-Shahrizat: Charity Should Get At Least 70 Per Cent Donation

Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA: "Shahrizat: Charity Should Get At Least 70 Per Cent Donation

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- Well-meaning individuals and parties should refrain from engaging services of professional fund raisers to minimise administrative costs to ensure at least 70 per cent donations go to charity.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said her ministry had distributed a circular stating that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under her ministry should allocate a minimum of 70 per cent of any donation drive to the beneficiary.

'Today, everybody is embarking on all kinds of charity causes. If it is done ethically, honestly and the money goes to where it should go, then it's a very good paradigm shift...at least 70 per cent should go to charity beneficiary.

'A maximum of 30 per cent are allocated for administrative costs. So, they should not engage professional fund raisers,' she told reporters after opening the 'Nur Menara Ilmu Straight A's Programme' involving 640 exam-year primary and secondary school students from her Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency."