Concerning POV charities, this includes past archives of their sites, my use of bolding:
2009
Psychology of Vision communities support at least three charitable funds: VisionAfrica in Zambia, the First Nations in Canada and Bethsaida Orphanage in Kerala, India.
None of these charities are ‘registered’; this minimises running costs and ensures that the money raised goes directly to the people in need.
It is our belief that through relationship with all involved we offer the greatest benefit to all parties; our giving is personal and we work to build communities.
As many of you already know we have received many generous donations and collected thousands of pounds, dollars, euros etc. We would like to thank all of you who have donated to these funds over the years, and appreciate everything that has been given or will be given.
Thousands of people around the world also appreciate all you have given and they know that they are not alone whatever their circumstances.
http://web.archive.org/web/20090523211154/http://www.pov-int.com/charities
2011
Psychology of Vision communities support at least four charitable funds: VisionAfrica in Zambia, the First Nations in Canada and Bethsaida Orphanage in Kerala, India and a community in Bangladesh.
None of these charities are ‘registered’; this minimises running costs and ensures that all the money raised goes directly to the people in need.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110326103328/http://www.pov-int.com/charities
The Psychology of Vision community supports a number of charities or funds, sometimes by arranging special events or by collecting money during a seminar. The money is used in various ways, to see how please click on the links below to access the website pages dedicated to the fund. In all cases it is not simply about giving a financial hand out, the guiding principles of the Psychology of Vision are also applied.
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http://www.psychologyofvision.com/about/charities-and-funds/ [Update Mar. 28, 2020: Dead link] follow the links on that page to their individual charity pages - "The First Nations Fund is administered by Susan How at the Psychology of Vision Canada office on a volunteer basis." , Vision Zambia, registered charity in UK, run by Master POV Trainer Jeff Allen http://www.visionzambia.co.uk/ , something in India with websites aimed at German and Swiss, something in Bangladesh that originates in Japan http://www.cocoro-v.org/english/index.html
« Last Edit: October 10, 2013, 03:02:15 am by Piff »
[Update: Jan. 8, 2019: Since this post was originally compiled in Oct. 2013, Vision Zambia left the POV umbrella after Jeff Allen took it with him when he walked away from being a trainer. Jeff and the VisionWorks charity fund has something the other funds mentioned above do not, annual reports made available for viewing to the public going back to 2012. Way to go, Jeff! That is being accountable, responsible, and open and we applaud you for that. POV should follow your example.]
http://visionzambia.co.uk/about
3 comments:
"In all cases it is not simply about giving a financial hand out, the guiding principles of the Psychology of Vision are also applied."
In other words, Manifest Destiny missionary work, except run by a for-profit corporation.
POV also had a "HIV Fund" for a few years starting in 1998.
POV Canada continues to list Susan How as the First Nations Fund administrator even though she has not been a trainer for over two years.
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