About My Assignment to Haiti


Daniella will be working for three months in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of the MCC team, helping office staff improve accounting procedures to deal with the generous monetary response to the earthquake disaster in January 2010.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches, responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. To find out more about MCC, visit their website at http://mcc.org/.
While wanting to share my experience in Haiti with family and friends, I've also chosen to extend the invitation to my professional network, particularly those engaged in the field of accounting. I've been thinking a lot about Accountability lately. I'd like to invite you to join me, as I explore what accountability means to us as accountants, both within the global economy and the global community. I will attempt to explore this larger issues while describing a very specific case of how not for profits attempt to be accountable to donors for disaster relief funding in a very unique context.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Hurricane Danielle

Oh dear. It looks like I've been asking too many questions. I came here to MCC in Haiti to help them organize and rationalize their reporting and budgeting processes relating to disaster funding. I've been informed by my colleagues (in good humor, I hope) that they have now dedicated a hurricane to me in honor of my efforts. I hope this hurricane remains as harmless as it now appears!
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