CSR in China -chinese giving

A few things recently happened:

1) I came into contact with a minute chinese NGO -well actually just 2 ladies with an idea for asking some volunteers to help them with something. But they required each volunteer to get 5 hrs training for doing 2 hrs work and after 2 hours of trying to help them with their idea, they said they had no location and no funding -yet the event was in 4 days. This is, unfortunately, typical of Chinese NGOs. Not legal, just run by a few people with no money, but who care a lot abotu society and are doing something about it. Its a shame, but its true. There are a lot of organisations helping with NGO capacity building in China - I wish them luck.

2) ACNielsen (a market research company) produced a report of Chinese consumers' attitudes. Lots of the donate and more want to, if they could trust NGOs more.

3) I spoke to someone else who told me that companies he knows have money to donate to NGOs, but cannot find any worthy to give to -they want to give to local NGOs, but none are professional enough.

4) I met a group of women working in good companies in Beijing who got together to donate money to a school in South China to pay for some children's education. They didn't want to go through some big organisation, but wanted to go directly. So they are doing that. I am inspired that they go to the trouble to organise this.

The conclusion. The chinese like to give, they want to help. But right now the environment in China is not helping them. What is needed are more credible NGOs, easier ways for them to get in touch with the right (corporate or personal) donors and trust in the system.

China has lots of responsible citizens. It needs some responsible leaders to help those citizens exercise their feelings of responsibility. Who else will step up to the plate and help solve these market inbalances?