Charter of Ethical Fundraising for Al Ihsan Foundation

Al Ihsan Foundation is committed to maintaining the utmost standards of ethical fundraising across all its endeavours, guided by the ACFID Fundraising Charter. Al-Ihsan Foundation is not a member of ACFID.

  1. 1. Al-Ihsan Foundation have processes and procedures in place to ensure that:

    • Decisions to accept or reject donations support the purpose of the organisation.
    • Legislative requirements for fundraising are met.
    • The privacy of Donors, consistent with the Privacy Act, are met.
    • Free, prior and informed consent is obtained for all images and stories.
      • All fundraising materials will be truthful and:
    • Include the organisation’s identity including name, address, ABN and purpose, where relevant.
    • Accurately represent the context, situation, proposed solutions and intended meaning of information provided by affected people.
    • Clearly state if there is a specific purpose of each donation.
    • Avoid material omissions, exaggerations, misleading visual portrayals and overstating the need or what the donor’s response may achieve.

  2. 2. Images and messages used for fundraising will not:

    • Be untruthful, exaggerated or misleading (e.g. not doctored, created as fiction or misrepresenting the country, etc.).
    • Be used if they may endanger the people they are portraying.
    • Be used without the free, prior and informed consent of the person/s portrayed, including children, their parents or guardians.
    • Feature dead bodies or dying people.

  4. 3. Al-Ihsan Foundation have a clear ethical decision-making framework in place which aligns with the values of our organisation and the Code and includes:

    • A commitment to portraying affected people in a way that respects their dignity, values, history, religion, language and culture.
    • A process that integrates a range of key staff in the organisation (e.g. communications, planning, child protection and CEO) in decision-making where appropriate.
    • Clear responsibilities for approval for public use of images and messages.
    • A process which recognises and balances both donors and affected people but which gives primacy to the primary stakeholders.