Marzie asked Nicholas D. Kristof:

It's been very disheartening in recent times that people associated with noble cause organizations, like Greg Mortensen and Somaly Mam (and I realize there's a huge difference there in how funds raised were actually used) have turned out to be not quite who they seemed. What would you like to tell readers and donors about continuing to trust organizations to do the right thing and trying to aid change?

Nicholas D. Kristof It is disheartening. And I sometimes see something else that is troubling: Great people who start organizations but then aren't great at managing them or efficient at investing money. I guess I would say that some of this is a part of being human. Some politicians or sports heroes likewise disappoint us, and some investments that look fabulous end up going bankrupt. Likewise, some heroes fall short in one way or another. We can do homework and try to reduce the risk of deception, but at the end of the day it's impossible to eliminate it entirely! But because there are some disappointments in any field, don't despair of everyone in it.

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