Tsunami brings out Big Four's charitable side - Personal Computer World

Tsunami brings out Big Four's charitable side - Personal Computer World: "Tsunami brings out Big Four's charitable side
As the clean-up in the Indian Ocean continues, firms are providing free accountancy services vital to the aid effort
Alan Osborn, Accountancy Age 22 Jun 2005
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Accountants are suddenly being held in high esteem and it�s all because of their work in connection with the relief effort for victims of the Boxing Day tsunami.
To date, some �4.7bn has been raised worldwide for the stricken countries, but nothing like that sum has reached the people affected. This is why the Big Four firms have provided staff, management and professional advice and training � a good deal of it on a pro-bono basis.
�It is tremendous news,� says Alex Jacobs, director of the charity Mango, which works to strengthen the financial management of non-governmental organisations and aid agencies."