Although the thought of some people using the the hmong community to increase their reputation and/or status in the hmong community is a problem, it's not the biggest problem. Those individuals along with many others, all suffer from, in my opinion, the biggest problem that hmong people have. Hmong people have been plagued with this problem throughout their history. What I'm referring to is the "short-sighted" thinking that many hmong people share. Even if some individuals are genuinely interested in helping the hmong community, they lack the ability to see what is needed in the long run. It happened with the struggle with the Chinese, the Vietnam war, and now life in America.
I lack the depth of experience to formulate a solid foundation for this "short-sighted" thinking. I have however drawn a somewhat conclusion that, corruption is what kills any initial good intention. When people see the money rolling in, they tend to get greedy or protective of their source. NPO's have somewhat of a lucrative access to that. Be it state/federal government funded or originated from philanthropist
s. State/Federal funded needs to be spent or else those programs will dry up. Those people spending the funds, giving themselves a job and others, need to keep that pinhole open in the water fund. Really it would probably help society overall if those funds are just dry up for good for nothing.
The Philanthropist
s who have excess money who just wants to help others, often lack the know how so they choose to outsource it. Then those NPO's who come in bidding for those funds, sourcing themselves as accountable...
geeeze and I was a short term accountant. Anyway, when I pointed out about all the open pockets and questionable fund spent, did they ever get rid of quickly. I admit, I didn't have enough experience to justify why they did what they did. I merely pointed out from an accountant perspective, that the wishy washy methods they utilized made no sense to me. It just seems to me that the only true talent that NPO's have is spending money, then claiming that it helped someone. I guess I don't have the correct mind set nor had enough experience to assess it.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. What they can't do is teach a man how to fish and feed him for life. Reality in a nutshell. Yet there's hope that someone will get out of that cycle and instead of waiting for someone to feed them fish, that they would actually want to go learn and catch fish for themselves. It's a free country...or fee country.