CAMBRIDGE, England, February 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Orphan charity SOS Children UK is calling on all British NGOs to pledge to make no UK deductions for Haiti - specifically to promise not to use any donations or sponsorships given for Haiti in 2010 to pay for UK spend on advertising, fundraising, admin, advocacy or anything else.

Leading by example, SOS Children UK have declared that they will make absolutely no deductions toward UK costs for any funds donated for Haiti and launched a petition calling on all other British charities to join this no deductions for Haiti charity pledge.

CEO Andrew Cates explains: Charities had already fixed their 2010 budgets when the disaster struck on January 12 and major media partners gave free publicity. As responsible UK NGOs we all owe it to the British public and to the people of Haiti not to use this any of this unexpected collection of millions of pounds to pay for what we in the UK would be doing anyway.

SOS Children have launched a petition website http://www.nodeductions4haiti.org/ where already many people have signed the petition calling for no deductions.

This is an easy pledge for charities to sign up to commented Cates

Indeed, you would need to have a good hard look at any British charity in the present circumstances which would not sign up and instead was using the plight of people in Haiti as a means of funding their own activity in the UK

Notes to Editors: - Pledge website: http://www.nodeductions4haiti.org/ - This petition and pledge refers to UK costs. - SOS Children's Villages provides a family for life for children who have lost their parents through war, famine, disease, natural disaster and poverty. Over 78,000 orphaned and abandoned children are cared for by SOS mothers in clusters of family homes in more than 500 of our unique Children's Villages in 124 countries worldwide. Thousands more children benefit from SOS Children's outreach support which includes education, vocational training, medical care and community development programmes. SOS Children also provides emergency relief in situations of crisis and disaster, and continues to support families in earthquake and tsunami-affected countries. http://www.soschildren.org

For press enquiries please contact Elizabeth Rodgers, Press and Communications Manager, SOS Children, elizabeth@soschildren.org +44(0)1223-365-589

SOURCE: SOS Children

CONTACT: For press enquiries please contact Elizabeth Rodgers, Press andCommunications Manager, SOS Children, elizabeth@soschildren.org+44(0)1223-365-589