The Charity Shell Game: $40 Million in Donated Medicine Still Missing - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

The Charity Shell Game: $40 Million in Donated Medicine Still Missing - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: NPQ first reported on this story in January, but we believe it is a story worth the focus because, despite years of reporting by Forbes, the problem of overvaluation of overseas aid in the form of gifts in kind persists. In this case, despite the best efforts of three news organizations, a full $40 million dollars’ worth of aid sent to Guatemala has disappeared into the ether—unless the goods valued at that level never existed in the first place. Not only can the goods not be located in terms of a final destination, but no one will take responsibility for the price set on the contents of the shipments.