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Amanda's Mighty Mercy Mission

Logan
on 15 May 2018

Logan asks

Amanda, what you are doing sounds good but where exactly does the money go because it sounds like it goes to you directly which is worrisome when under the donor confidence key it states not a New Zealand registered charity. Please help me understand.

Amanda

Hi Logan,

Thanks for asking such a good question. Thanks, there is a lot of my work you can see across all my facebooks.

BTGP is a registered charity, but I am doing this personally providing services for young people & women who can't afford the programmes, mentors or resources.

This is my personal page so I can carry out all the costs involved in providing the work I do, including the programmes, costs, resources, travel etc.

There are young people at low decile schools & women at low socio economic communities that I wish to work with, but can't keep doing it for free, let alone at a huge cost to me like I have been. I've provided programmes for te Tuinga whanaua (mums/children on the streets in Greerton Tauranga), Women's Refuge Whanganui, Auckland Women's Prison (10 x weeks) as some examples which all were at a huge cost to me. I helped Women's Refuge raise over $20k, but of course, I didn't get paid or reimbursed for loss of work.

Unfortunately this goodwill of mine doesn't satisfy gas stations, landlords, insurances, resources, phone bills etc. that needs to change. This is my way of changing it while Continuing to do very unique work that not many others can do.

So to support me is to enable me to carry out the very unique work I provide. And I am personally Google-able- a lot more than most people who fundraise.

I trust that answers your question & puts you at ease.

And Logan, we SHOULD be supporting people who clearly want to do work that so many other people are unable to do! Givealittle helps people on personal missions. This is not for me to swan around, it is for me to carry out work, and work with under privileged people.

Take care and thanks again. 🙏🏻🌹

Amanda Betts

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