Friendly School Association operates for 13 years. In total, they gathered with 1 percent. 27 million zł. Part – as an intermediary for schools. Long was in the top ten public benefit organization with the best financial results. It organizes educational campaigns. Workshops in schools. Develops volunteering. And his mission is to help others. It’s official business card.
The problem is not, money can not
Theoretically cooperation mechanism is very simple. Schools alone can not collect money from 1 percent. Friendly School acts as intermediary. Schools convince parents and residents that the tax return indicated Friendly School as the beneficiary of 1 percent. tax, but with an indication of their facility. Then the association knows how much money was allocated to a specific school. Then the institution shall submit to the Friendly Schools request with a ready project that wants to pursue. Association of funding it, using the money collected. So much theory.
– When we asked the association for the settlement money, because we wanted to use them, dead silence fell – says Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, director of one of Lodz kindergartens. With its estimates, he is expected to use 20 thousand. zł. In April of 2013. Friendly School applied to a proposal for the purchase of carpets, wanted to 4.5 thousand. zł. In July, she got approved. That was the end. Director of the attempt to establish contact with the association determines briefly circus art. It hung on the phone, she wrote e-mails, send letters directly to the president of the association Alexander Komanieckiego requesting the withdrawal of funds. – Responses were not received. The letters were a receipt, so certainly reached the recipient – says the director. – I knew that they were active, because every negative post placed on their Facebook page cleaned within an hour.
In the end, she sent a complaint: the Minister of Labour and to the President of Myslowice (there is registered association). It worked. In January of 2015. Received the settlement. However, only part of the money. Exactly how much is not known, because I can not log into your account to check it out. But there is no contact with the organization, so it’s hard to explain anything. For money is not lost, in July 2015. Katarzyna Kwiatkowska filed another application for the use of the accumulated funds. At 12 thousand. zł. Again silence. This time the request has neither been approved nor rejected.
– When the employee associations finally picked up the phone, he reported that assume the new portal, and therefore the application is inactive. I heard that the work may take up to two years, so I have to wait patiently. Laugh or cry? – He asks helplessly director. Afraid to seek other associations. – Then our money can gap – says Kwiatkowska. He is right. Who will break the contract, there is no chance to recover funds. Association anyway honestly before that warns: “Please do not make a hasty steps associated with the Association (eg. Suspension of cooperation). We understand your frustration the existing situation, but such action may lead to difficulties in obtaining gathered by your money “- informs.
When asked by the DGP on the issue Kamil Bomber manager. Cooperation with Friendly school states: – According to the record of the regulations can not be used with the action, without being a member of our association. A part of the action is the payment of grants. These are the provisions of the Rules of the “1 percent. for my school “, which familiarized the members and voluntarily signed the agreement states – explains.
Schools therefore have no choice. If you notice from the association, they not recover the money, and the like will not occur, will not be able to collect 1 percent. by another foundation.
History of Lodz kindergarten only in details differs from the stories directors from other localities throughout the country. One word is repeated: powerlessness.
Old trouble
In 2013. “Gazeta Krakowska” described that institution can not recover the money accumulated yet in 2011. the directors of the Cracow region told: we had plans to use the amounts, some after receiving permission paid to suppliers, then the expenses have to pay from their own pockets. Or give them up. Everyone talked about problems with the contact. – First we tried in writing, then again electronically. System crashes or sends contradictory messages. Do not pick up the phone – described the chairman of the parents of one of Krakow’s schools.
Likewise, your troubles describes one of the teachers from the school in Rock: “There was no response to a request filed six months ago. Very quickly, I blocked (Facebook – ed.), I allowed myself to write that on the boards exhibited information about the implementation of the proposals. This is a strange organization that is silent on is not their money, and should return, including, where they belong. “
2014. One of the deputies filed an interpellation on the matter to the ministry of education . MEN answered that they do not have the authority to do something in this regard to do.
This year, the school director in Radomsko wanted to modernize telecommunications network. – I thought it would be ideal to do it in the holidays when kids not in school – she says. The money was to come from 1 percent. gathered in the Association of Friendly School. – For a few months I tried to contact them. I called and wrote. Nothing – says resignedly. These problems have to explain posted at the end of January on the association of short note in which it informs that conducts audits, so they may have problems with telephone contact.
In another school in 2015. They changed the authorities in the council of parents (in this case the council, not the director, signed the agreement with the association). New representatives tried to log in to the site – to no avail. Username and password do not work. The official website verified that the school has available to approx. 20 thousand. zł. Meanwhile, the council estimates that in 2014. Was ok. 40 thousand. zł. To letters asking for login no response. Measures to collect 1 percent. for several years, could not be used even once.
The Association claims that his troubles arise, among others, with a commitment to action “should be good.” The students had to perform good deeds and engage in volunteer work. In total – as inform the organizers – took part in it hundreds of thousands of children. Winners, that is the best volunteers selected by the school received bicycles. The Association claims that the action has cost approx. 2.5 million zł. Unfortunately – as explain in mejlowych replies to the DGP – “in connection with the financial crisis in the market and force majeure in 2012. Retired shares the main sponsor, and the measures it planned to raise from local small businesses not covered even 1 , 5 percent. the costs of action. In the meantime, the Association incurred costs. ” What was the financial crisis in Poland in 2012., The association does not explain. On the question of whether a person anticipating for your school or kindergarten 1 percent. They were aware that the finance another action, and not necessarily the selected facility – or not.
Interestingly, although the authorities of the association are very principled stand when it comes to compliance with the regulations by the partners, the same is not fulfilled the regulations of the “should be good.” The finale was to be selected the top 10 schools each receive 10 thousand. zł. The money was to be spent on charity designated by children. Upcoming not implemented. – The Association had no funds for additional prizes – says Bomber. And for good measure he emphasizes that “for us the winners were all”.
Search guilty
President Aleksander Komaniecki, writes in an interpellation deputy Wojciech Szarama, he admitted that the association was at some point blame schools 700 thousand. zł. The situation was so critical that he decided justify himself – or rather pożalić – the report content for 2013. It said that “the purpose of transparency,” they want to tell, they have not received finasowania from one of the funds that supported them. “The Association was instantly placed against the wall with obligations to schools. All our promises made to schools in an instant ceased to be feasible. ” It added that at that time, a number of harmful products that do not include the situation of the association, and focusing only on the results.
Schools complained about another problem. They were not able to verify the collected amounts. Association of Directors refuses to disclose the list of donors, citing the protection of personal data. They simply trust. Meanwhile, a few years ago, director of one of the high schools in Katowice surprised too small an amount that is on account of her school. He conducted a small poll in a group of teachers and parents and work out the payments amounted to more than thousand, an association to inform it of a few hundred dollars. Alexander Komaniecki explained that he did not work system and hence irregularities in the accounts. – I Do not even want to hear about the association – nervous in a conversation with DGP director of high school. Agreement broke. Money gone.
Now Friendly School argues that the problems are really fault their partners. So, schools, kindergartens and counsels parents. – Do not rozliczały of the money received. We run a lot of lawsuits to recover the subsidies provided – says Kamil Bomber. Explanation of so strange that earlier Friendly School argued that the delay resulted from the fact that the association had to accept expenses and check designs. Today Bomber promises: – At the turn of March and April start for letters to our members informing them of the changes and the implemented restructuring program. By this time all stopped the payments. The further actions will determine whether the school will carry out corrective actions – warns Bomber. What this action is not yet known. Certainly in line with the latest rules.
Helping Hand
One of the experts from the activities of public benefit organizations (will not occur under the name) says, that what makes an association negates the whole idea of public benefit. Not only in terms of ambiguity of the settlement money, but in general the way to collect 1 percent. In his view, to have public benefit status should not be used to earn. Neither the lending status OPP other organizations that receive it can not.
In 2011, the association decided to help his professional colleagues, or other organizations OPP, who have lost the ability to collect 1 percent. In that year from a list authorized by the Ministry of Labour fell 1.5 thousand. organizations (with over 6 thousand.), because he has not made on time the report on its activities. According to the president of Alexander Komanieckiego loss of this status was too harsh a punishment for the lack of or delay in furnishing the report.
Friendly School proposed the deal. “If you are not on the list, you do not need to suspend the activities of his organization for the next year. We enable you to collect 1 percent. “. For this service charge a 500 zł. Officials of the Ministry of Labour commented at the time that such activities is circumvention of the law. Janina Ochojska the Polish Humanitarian your blog does not hide indignation, considering this to be cunning.
Anyway, over the years, in a similar way they cooperated with the schools. Educational do not have the right to collect 1 percent. With Friendly School they have the opportunity. At first it worked, so that the schools were partners, and association convey them money on a grant. With your collected amount would stop one quarter. When payments in excess of 4 million zł stayed 1 million. Changing regulations forbade this practice. For several years, the association shall transfer the funds.
The Friendly School also explains the problems with the disbursement of funds. – Association as part of cost reduction reduced the number of employees, as we pass now 100 percent. measures. As expected schools that prefer to get more resources, despite the delays. Schools were informed about the possibilities of extending the settlement processes. The more that we have a few thousand members, and only a few employees – said Kamil Bomber.
The latest idea of the association is such that it will launch its own platform through which the school will be able to buy products and services the money raised from 1 percent. Friendly School lists the benefits: “The mechanism will allow for greater control over resources and reduce operating costs accounting and documentation of purchases, through automation, while also generating additional resources for schools. Schools will no longer have to submit complex applications and contain a paper form contracts. ” And they will not have to hire people to verify the documents.
One expert estimates that a very clever move. On the principle of “collecting money to buy my shop.” – It’s as if the organization collecting money for treatment of children allowed to buy drugs that are traded – said.
Society and this time acts in accordance with the law.
Despite the problems reported to the department of labor inspection showed no irregularities. The reports are on time. Means settled.
– Although the money shortage, one of the friends attorneys looked through the papers and said that there’s nothing to find fault – concludes Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Director of the Lodz kindergarten.
Mysłowicka youth
Help schools are not the only activities of the organization. In 2011, the president of the Friendly Schools Alexander Komaniecki mysłowicką decided to support the youth and help build a skate park. Noble idea. Youth was glad, because I have long appealed to officials of such an investment. Komaniecki fell president of the city from the sky. Deal was simple: office done for a promotional price of urban billboards through which he collect together the money of 1 percent. to build a skate park. And the president will provide land for this purpose. – This could be the beginning of long-term investments, which in the future will be extended for another sports facilities. We are pleased that the city shares our view and want to actively participate in the entire project. We are specialists in raising funds for civil initiatives and we will do everything so that the project came to fruition – promised when Alexander Komaniecki in Mysłowice newspaper “Every Week”.
– The city has provided 18 billboards per month. A Friendly School received 45 percent. a discount. The cost amounted to 2.7 thousand. zł. – Informs Kamila Shawl, a spokeswoman for the city. Posters hung. And that was that. Komaniecki explained that gathered enough money to build object, so the agreement does not count. How much total? Association in an interview with DGP informed that 1 thousand. zł. However, in the report for 2011. Not separated just this action.
President Mysłowic not anything insist, because it was only – as defined – gentlemen’s agreement.
Association presents the matter in a different light. It indicates that the action had to even pay extra. Firstly, to pay for the posters – and should receive advertising space for free. Secondly, all promotional cost thousands of dollars, and they have collected only 1 thousand. zł. The initiative should be built on the side of the rulers of the city, they had only to help. – Too bad, because children and young people still do not have a place for themselves – says Kamil Bomber.
Patron of
angel – just about Alexander Komanieckim They spoke and heads the Foundation for the region. He appeared in their organization suddenly, just when they were most financial troubles – 400 thousand. zł debt. He offered to help. He proposed a loan.
A few years earlier, in 2005. Foundation for Silesia, in part inspired more by the Minister of Culture Waldemar Dabrowski program “Signs of the Times” from public funds to buy contemporary art. Found in the more than 400 works of 100 artists, m.in .: Edward Dwurnik Zofia Rydet and Lech Majewski.
The Foundation was to promote contemporary art, to develop the market and to function as a patron. – The idea was to recreate societies arts – explains Przemysław Smyczek of the Marshal’s Office in Katowice. However, the task outgrown Foundation.
proposed by Komanieckiego loan was supposed to be non-refundable (considered as owner). To compensate for it, the Association of Friendly School had to turn to the activities of the Foundation for the region. It quickly turned out that Komaniecki not acted altruistically. Step by step led to the acquisition of the collection. Formally, for 161 thousand. zł took contemporary art worth over 1.1 million zł.
– He was speaking szefowym Foundation for the region, that the borrowed money will be changed later in the donation. And they believed his word and signed a document. They were convinced that it was just a formality for future donations – tells Anna Malinowska, Katowice journalist of “Gazeta Wyborcza”, which followed exactly the case. He added that the two ladies, but ought to be great for art, it had no experience with the realities of the market.
The case went to the prosecutor’s office, it is redeemed. Everything was done according to the signed documents.
As the foundation for the region did not want to give up, appealed to the court, but he dismissed the suit – a contract is a contract, in addition, confirmed by a notary. The Foundation should be execution. – Several months ago, the case was referred to the court of appeal – says Krzysztof Marian heart attack, a spokesman for the Regional Court in Katowice. – If finally another court rules in favor of the Friendly Schools, the Silesian Society for the Encouragement of Arts will be able to profit from the collection, for example. Rent images taken loans under its pledge, there is no obligation to provide the public – says Smyczek.
works now they are in court deposit in the Upper Silesia Museum.
Why association involved in this project, despite running at the same time a huge and costly action “should be good “and problems with the repayment of schools? – Actually loan associations and activities aimed at creating a Silesian incentives saved works of art, because if the association does not borrowed the money collection taken the bailiffs – says Kamil Bomber.
Punchline? This particular loan to the Foundation for the region has become another reason for delays in the payment of money for schools. So says the association.
She reached us disease relativism
Dr Nicholas Winiewski, Center for Research on Prejudice at the Faculty of Psychology
For action opponents, which we assess negatively, do not find excuses. We see them only as a reprehensible violation of norms. Conversely, the positive action – we are moral and good, and they happened. So they are born double standards.
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