Today, a lot happened.

We distributed food, we picked parcels from the post office, we called some of the long-distance parents, we talked to the children and we did our best to please everyone.

We don’t always manage that, of course. We don’t always manage to make everyone happy or to please everyone. But we do try our very best, each day.

HOCT is a registered charity, functionning legally, transmitting funds through visible and verifiable channels, following all the Anti-Money Laundering regulations and Counter-Terrorist Financing procedures. We work with contracts, everyone is paid fairly and we do not exploit workers / nor children.

The funds that you send are used to buy food, to pay tuition, medical treatments and anything else you may require for us to get. All our work is carefully documented each day, with photos, receipts, proof and extra-proof.

Sometimes, people would complain that the pictures look more or less the same. Excuse me, we do not have time for photo-shooting, this is not why we are here.

Some other times, people are upset that children do not smile. We do not ask them to, and they should not, if they do not wish to. They should not have to “perform” to get their food.

And finally, some people doubt that those children really take their food home. Well if you are able to make such a statement about my work, then it really means I haven’t done anything good in my life.

But those are passing incidents. Each day, 1000 + people interact with HOCT and our level of trust is high, because we do good, legal, solid work. I am who I say I am. I do what I say I do.

What about you – are you who you say you are?