Bob Alexander
Chief Operating Officer
Cambodian Children’s Fund
2416 Santa Monica Boulevarde
PMB 833
3rd August 2014
Dear
Bob
I am
a filmmaker and journalist who has, for a few years now, been trying to obtain
from Scott Neeson answers to a few questions. He not only refuses to answer
questions from myself but refuses invitations to be interviewed by other
journalists who have similar questions to ask.
Upon
your appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Scott had the following to say
about you:
“Bob's experience will ensure our donors receive
a high degree of transparency and accountability, with an assurance of good
governance and sustainability."
Given
Scott’s own lack of commitment to the precepts of transparency and
accountability, his refusal to answer questions of the kind that sponsors and
donors have a right to ask, let me put some of these questions to yourself and
see if I have more luck:
- Did
Mr Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest give $1 million of FMG shares to the Cambodian
Children’s Fund?
- What
is Scott Neeson’s wage this year for the role he plays in running CCF?
- What
is your own wage as Chief Operating Officer?
- What
remuneration do members of the CCF Board receive per annum?
- What
is the wage of CCF teachers, cleaners
and others involved in the day to day running of CCF?
- Has
CCF bought land in Steung Meanchey with money provided by sponsors and donors?
- Has
CCF built homes on this land?
- Does
CCF rent these homes to families who have children living in any one of CCF’s
institutional residences?
- If
CCF is renting homes to the parents of CCF kids, how much rent are they
required to pay?
- How
many children sleep in each of CCF’s dormitories?
- How
many sponsors paying $140 a month does CCF have?
- How
much of this $140 a month goes to helping support the families of the kids
living with CCF.
There
are many other questions to be found on my blog – not just my own but those of
others with an interest in the work being done by CCF:
http://cambodianchildrensfund.blogspot.com/
best
wishes
James
Ricketson
