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    "data": {
        "id": 1414617,
        "msgid": "ngo-bemoans-poor-public-understanding-of-aid-process-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-09-01 00:00:00",
        "title": "NGO bemoans poor public understanding of aid process",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "NGO bemoans poor public understanding of aid process JAKARTA (JP): An NGO official said on Tuesday that the general public's misunderstanding of fund disbursement was the biggest obstacle for the organization to properly implement its community recovery program. The program, introduced last September to help the poor in food security and in doing small-time business following the economic crisis that hit the country in late 1997, is sponsored by foreign donor countries.",
        "content": "<p>NGO bemoans poor public understanding of aid process<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): An NGO official said on Tuesday that the general<br>\npublic's misunderstanding of fund disbursement was the biggest<br>\nobstacle for the organization to properly implement its community<br>\nrecovery program.<\/p>\n<p>The program, introduced last September to help the poor in<br>\nfood security and in doing small-time business following the<br>\neconomic crisis that hit the country in late 1997, is sponsored<br>\nby foreign donor countries.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government's social safety net program, which applies a<br>\nsimple process of fund disbursement, has prompted the public to<br>\nbelieve that they can also receive aid in such a simple way<br>\nfrom non-governmental organizations (NGOs),\" the monitoring<br>\nmanager of the Community Recovery Program (CRP), Hanni Adiati<br>\nHadi, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n<p>Hanni said it took around seven months for the CRP, a<br>\nconsortium of 27 NGOs in Indonesia, to study proposals from<br>\ncommunities before deciding whether they deserve to receive aid.<br>\nSome NGOs, however, can disburse funds to the poor within a month<br>\nor two.<\/p>\n<p>She regretted the attitude of many would-be recipients who did not<br>\nunderstand the responsibility of the CRP and accused the organization of<br>\nholding back aid allocated for them.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have to carefully study proposals for aid because the<br>\ndonor countries ask for our financial report every two months,\"<br>\nshe said, adding that the tight procedure was meant to ensure<br>\nthat donor countries retained their trust in the organization.<\/p>\n<p>CRP, set up in September 1998 by social activist Erna Witoelar<br>\nand former minister Emil Salim, has raised Rp 100 billion<br>\n(US$13.4 million) from four foreign governments.<\/p>\n<p>The organization has 177 ongoing recovery projects in<br>\nIndonesia, with eight of them in the troubled province of Maluku.<br>\nThe United Nations Development Program also audited the<br>\norganization's financial report, Hanni said. (04)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ngo-bemoans-poor-public-understanding-of-aid-process-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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