In posts from her since-deleted blog, Bach constantly describes herself performing medical procedures that should be solely reserved for people with medical training (Several pages of Bach’s blog can be read via the Wayback Machine).

In the No White Saviours piece written by another American aid worker who was working with malnourished children in Jinja same time as Bach, recounts a time when the organisation she worked for was made aware of the malpractices in SHC. Along with poor follow up procedures, which proved to be deadly in several cases, former volunteers and employees of the charity claimed to have witnessed Bach engage in high-level medical procedures.

The recent civil lawsuit filed against Bach reiterates this statement, the two mothers whose children have died at the hands of Serving His Children say that they were led to believe that Bach was a medical professional and SHC was a legitimate institution; according to several witnesses Bach was often seen wearing a white lab coat and a stethoscope.

As the writer of the No White Saviours piece states, “Good intentions are not good enough”. Running a non-profit organisation, let alone one that provides medical attention, especially an organisation anywhere other than one’s local community is not for people with no training and/ or experience.

As it’s clear in this case, a charity that feeds malnourished children in Uganda might seem like a good place to donate to or volunteer with on paper (or on your screen), the charitable sector is far more complex than just good intentions.

That’s why it’s imperative to assess non-profit organisations before blindly hopping on their bandwagon. And that’s what we do here in Kinder. We analyse charities based on a framework our researchers developed along with scholars from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Duke University. Our framework has four main stages and many questions between them, but in short: we value transparency, accountability, and effectiveness. We believe these organisations are responsible for all of their actions and for explaining them to their stakeholders and the public.