Ujima is a Swahili word meaning “living and working for one another.”

Getnick & Getnick (together with outside counsel also working pro bono) has overseen the incorporation of the USF as a New York State not-for-profit corporation which is currently on the cusp of filing for 501 (c)(3) tax deductible status.

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Living and Working for One Another

Getnick & Getnick, one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in business integrity and corporate transparency, has elected to apply its experience and skills on a pro bono basis to the monitorship of a non-governmental organization providing aid in Africa known as the Ujima Subukia Fund (“USF”). The USF operates a scholarship program in and around the Subukia Constituency (electoral district) in Kenya. The USF and the scholarship program aspire to become a model for NGO organizations that seek to enhance and guarantee transparency and integrity in delivering international and domestic aid.

This NGO is unique from others before it because Getnick & Getnick has applied the Independent Private Sector Inspector General (IPSIG) methodology, which guards against fraud, waste and abuse, as the primary means of overseeing the project’s management. Getnick & Getnick hopes to strengthen donor confidence through enhanced transparency, leading to an era of increased donor contributions.