Meds & Food for Kids maintains the highest level of respect for the privacy of its donors. In furtherance of our commitment to honor your rights, we have developed this Donor Privacy Policy to guide our volunteers and staff on how they may and may not use your personal information. This policy may be updated.
Meds & Food for Kids collects and uses various personal information from donors that includes: amount donated, address, telephone number, donor comments and email address. Tax laws in the United States require Meds & Food for Kids to keep contact information and contribution level of donors on file. This information is entered into a secure and encrypted online database. Any paper documents received are destroyed upon data entry.
Meds & Food for Kids will never publish, sell, trade, rent or share names (unless released for publication), e-mail or mail addresses, or telephone numbers or our donors. Meds & Food for Kids will use contact information (e-mail telephone number and address) of donors for these purposes only:
• Distribute receipts for donations
• Thank donors for their donation
• Inform donors about upcoming fundraising and other activities of Meds & Food for Kids
• Internal analysis and record keeping
• Reporting to relevant U.S. and State agencies (these reports are not for public inspection)
• Contact donors about changes to this policy
However, properly anonymized donor information is used for promotional and fundraising activities. We allow donors to remain anonymous if they so choose. When donating online, the donor’s name will be publicly associated with their donation unless the donor explicitly chooses the “anonymous” field when making their online donation.
All access to donor financial information is strictly limited to professional staff who need to access the data. No data is given to any person, organization or group who does not need to access such data.
Meds & Food for Kids only uses online payment processing services with world class security and strong reputations. Meds & Food for Kids does not store, or have access to your credit card information, bank account numbers, or other account data sent to those processing services.
Meds & Food for Kids uses Blackbaud Merchant Services for online payment processing. Their full privacy policy can be found by visiting:
https://www.blackbaud.com/company/privacy-policy/north-america
If you have questions about this Donor Privacy Policy or if you wish to be removed from our e-mail/postal contact lists, please email info@mfkhaiti.org or write to: Meds & Food for Kids, 8050 Watson Road, Ste. 355, St. Louis, MO 63119, USA.
• Provide training opportunities for each aspect of the facility operation to current and future Haitian employees, whenever possible
• Seek out experts to visit the facility and encourage Haitian staff to work alongside them for focused mentorship
• Pursue a “promote from within” policy for all management positions, wherever possible and practical
• Promote gender equality by providing equal employment opportunities and promotion opportunities to qualified women in Haiti
• Not discriminate based on age, religion, gender or sexual orientation
For its support of malnutrition clinics in Haiti:
• Provide ongoing training and skills transfer to medical professionals throughout the north and northeast of Haiti to ensure that the malnourished children of Haiti receive thorough and appropriate care
• Provide training and skills transfer to medical professionals throughout Haiti when requested and as possible
• Procure donations in North America and elsewhere outside of Haiti, thereby providing product at minimized cost to address the nutritional needs of Haiti’s most vulnerable
For its support of Agriculture Research and Development in Haiti:
• Provide equal training opportunities and support for women and men farmers in Haiti
• Select smallholder farmers for its mentorship programs to create resilience in the poorest of Haiti’s farmers
Promptly correct any practice or condition not in compliance with this policy.