A number of uncertainties behind the association that is connected to Pekka
Collection|The activities of the association are now practically a break, as there are many things to do with the Pekka scam.
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The activities of the charity Heluna Association have been criticized for the lack of a fundraising permit and the verification of the background to be helped.
According to Chairman Heidi Jaari, the association is volunteering and strives to direct the donations directly to the need for assistance.
Police are investigating the activities of the organization and plans to apply for a new fundraising permit and improve their policies.
In January 2024, he was convicted for unpaid invoices.
Charity Heluna ry has recently been extensively featured when it said a scam has been revealed The story of “Pekka”.
For example, the public has wondered how a charity can operate without a fundraising permit. The puzzling has also aroused that the association has not checked the background of its fully helped.
Auxiliary chairman Heidi Jaarin According to the association, the association is fully volunteering. Therefore, no resources have been found for everything.
“We have always been honored that if someone donates $ 15 to food, then 15 euros will go to the food to be helped. Not that five euros goes there and ten will go to something administrative, ”Jaari explains.
However, the association has office space, and occasionally there has been a need for an accountant, for example. According to Jaar, these are expense items that have been funded by voluntary monthly donors.
The landlord sometimes needed « grace » for rent, Jaari says.
Presently Jaari finds out what can be done in the association so that scams like the Pekka campaign are no longer happening.
According to Jaar, at least the means that the association can follow must be observed to identify the help of the helpers and the helpers. Until now, helpers and families have been associated with a retired volunteer already Merja Rantasalmi.
« It would be nice if Merja could do this in a good mood, and not to sit in front of the machine 14 hours a day, » Jaari says.
In the case of « Pekka », Jaari admits that the association made a mistake because it did not expect the cheater to vocal on the need for help.
“Emotional people when we are here, so this was the case. The main thing is that we got this rolling stone stopped ”.
The association is now planning to hire an outside person so that the processes are not solely dependent on volunteering forces.
Jaari tells HS that the association could not apply for a new fundraising permit after the previous one, as it had to wait for the prosecutor's decision in the event of a suspected fundraising offense of the association. Therefore, only helpers and help can be done by combining relief activities.
Apuna's latest fundraising permit was valid between 10 March and 9 June 2022.
The small collection limit was full already in the spring of 2022. Police began a preliminary investigation into the activities of the association because it suspected that the association had raised money without permission between February 2022 and March 2023.
February 20 The prosecutor decided not to prosecute, and no one had consequences.
The prosecutor's decision was influenced that the organization did not deliberately raised money without permission.
The prosecutor's reasoning states that the association has still requested people to make donations to help families with children in financial difficulties. However, the site did not show what the donation was intended.
Help from their somechannia and website an account number when the collection permit was no longer valid. Notifications of families in need of help remained because they were intended to encourage people to donate, for example, food donations.
Behind the funds outside the collection permit were apparently at least old monthly and annual donors who were known to the association's account number.
Now When it is known that the crime has not occurred, Jaari is intended to apply for permission as soon as he has time to work and study. The publication of family announcements has also been a break since Pekka scam.
“In Finland, when you are looking for something, there must be a terrible pile of all sorts of research and paper and financial statements and so on. We all have to put them up to date. ”
The organization's website is also on use, as Jaari says that « a few companies » have hoped to remove the logo on the website.
Inter alia Il told last weekthat a number of companies that had not supported the organization were mentioned as partners on the Apuna website. Jaari tells HS that every commended company has donated over the years in one way or another.
« The website has not been updated for four years, so the removal of the logos proved to be more difficult than we thought, » Jaari says.
Helsinki Police are currently conducting a preliminary investigation into assistant activities. HS did not reach the police to tell if there was a reason to suspect the crime.
In January 2024, a unilateral sentence was also helped due to unpaid invoices. The association had eight invoices that had been paid to the debt collection agency.
The debt was a total of approximately EUR 3,000. The largest unpaid invoice was EUR 890.
The judgment was one -sided, meaning that the Helsinki District Court did not give an answer within the time limit.
