Can anyone recommend an honest foreign/global charity?

[DerekG]

Whether the organization(s)/foundation(s) be religious or humanist makes no difference to me, so long as the money goes directly to food/education/health care.

I don't want to pay for some neo-liberal luncheon, and I sure don't want to fatten the coffers of Mammon-worshiping lunatics like Robertson.

I'd greatly appreciate suggestions. Thanks.

[Patiod]

1. American Friends Service Committee

If there's a luncheon, it's pot-luck or brown bag only.

[southlandshari]

19. AFSC is excellent!

:thumbsup:

[joneschick]

2. my BIL works third world development and food security

for a German agency and at the time of the tsunami, he recommended Oxfam or Catholic Charities. fwiw

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Heifer Project International and Habitat for Humanity

are both excellent, use almost all their money for actually doing their work, and they do GOOD work!

[Tsiyu]

4. I second both choices n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Yeah? Well, I *third* them!

Not gonna top me. You bastard. :grr:

:hi:

[Tsiyu]

12. yeah, well I *fourth* them, pissant!

The university where I work managed to get enough donations for an ark ( a whole bunch of animals for a village) from the Heifer project and they're working on ark # 2.

My parents and bro and sis will all "give" something to Heifer ( but they don't realize it yet) and hell's bells! Jimmy Carter is a Habitat for Humanity guy, so you can't go wrong with either choice.

Unless Rabrrrrrr needs new shoes again.

Then you can donate to the Rabrrrrrrr Nekkid Toe Foundation :P

[Thtwudbeme]

28. I fifth them!

Awesome group!

[Draill]

6. We bought a llama from Heifer Project

this year as part of our holiday charity giving. I was pretty sure they sounded good and legit. Glad to see others here saying they are. We're saving this coming year so that we can get a bigger gift next Christmas.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. They are really, really good. I volunteered one summer on their farm

in Worcester, MA. It was wonderful!

[southlandshari]

16. Their headquarters in rural Arkansas are incredible

Been there several times. I highly recommend their mission and work, too!

:thumbsup:

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Doctors without Borders

[ucmike]

9. i donate to doctors without borders.

[merh]

10. Not to be a pain in the ass,

but there are thousands of citizens living in your nation that are in desperate need of help. There are organizations other than The Red Cross and The Salvation Army that are helping the THOUSANDS of survivors in this nation living in 3rd world conditions thanks to the hurricanes.

Have you considered helping your fellow US citizens this time? Or does the thought of folks who lost it all to the hurricanes and are living in tents not bother you?

See my sig line for a charity that will give 100% of what it gathers to the survivors (and the man and wife that began that charity gave 5 million out of their own pockets and are paying for the administration of the charity).

You can go to this forum to find links to other charities and to find articles about folks living in tents in the cold and the rain as they wait on our wonderful administration to follow through with its promises.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=360

[DerekG]

13. I don't appreciate the insensitive remark; especially since it's baseless

"Or does the thought of folks who lost it all to the hurricanes and are living in tents not bother you?"

Actually, it does. I have given hurricane aid; in addition, I donate regularly to my local Food Bank, and offer my blood every quarter. But as a Christian, I also feel compelled to help those who suffer overseas. Somehow, I doubt that the Lord places stock in such human inventions as nation-states.

Thank you for the link...just try to be a bit more tempered next time.

[merh]

14. Forgive me.

As a hurricane survivor myself, I thought I had the right to question, given my neighborhoods and cities are still cluttered with the rubble and debris and the poor here who had next to nothing have nothing for sure, but hey - don't take it personal that I came to you and begged for consideration. Blood is nice but kids here need Christmas and folks need more than just tents for shelter. Come down and visit, then maybe you will see that folks at home need more than you think.

Hopefully, as a Christian, you will consider my apologies and my continued pleas for consideration.

[Patiod]

20. mehr - we on DU all know where you're coming from

you see a lot of devastation every day, and went through a lot yourself

hope things are improving somewhat

keep reminding us here in our comfortable nests in the Northeast and Midwest and West what you and your fellow citizens on the gulf coast are still going through, so that we keep you in our prayers and remember you all with our donations. the media may be onto the next Big Story, but we're relying on you to keep your Big Story out in front and center

Having said that, there are those who are blessed with enough to contribute in several areas, including both US and foreign disasters, and better they give to a good organization than some front for the pat robertsons of the world....

[merh]

21. I understand where you are coming from and appreciate your

support. Call me selfish, I'd prefer it all come to this area, rebuilding our nation and giving to our own seems to be a priority, especially when you are living in the middle of it. Forgive my selfishness

[Patiod]

22. we hear you in fm, mehr

or maybe the new saying should be "hear you in satellite" or "hear you in digital".........

Gored oxes and all that!

[DerekG]

25. My apologies, Merh.

Had I bothered to read your signature, I certainly would have responded differently (I really thought you were just towing the "charity starts at home" line I get so often with family).

I'll follow that link, and try to help as best I can.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[merh]

29. It's not a problem, I know I can be abrasive

(which is why I referenced that I knew I was being a pain in the ass in my original post. :-) .)

Habit for Humanity is doing a great deal to help the very needy have homes in the USofA and abroad, as southlandshari pointed out below. They are helping a great many of the Hurricane survivors.

I am grateful you care enough about others to give what you can. :hi:

thank you.

[XemaSab]

11. Doctors Without Borders

:D

[Taverner]

27. I second that!

[southlandshari]

15. Habitat for Humanity (as mentioned by others upthread)

Does excellent work all over the world and has stayed more true to its grassroots than most large, international charities.

:thumbsup:

[diplomats]

17. Mennonite Disaster Relief and

Episcopal Relief and Development. Every cent goes to the people that are being helped.

[LynneSin]

18. Might I suggest the Human Fund: Money for the People

If you PM me, I'll send you the address!

:eyes:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. Oxfam

does both disaster/famine relief and long-term grassroots development with appropriate technology and empowerment of local people.

[MrsMatt]

24. American Refugee Committee

http://www.archq.org/


Before you give, you should check out http://www.charitynavigator.org/ to see what percentage of money collected is spent on administration or program services.

[Deep13]

26. UNICEF, Doctors without Borders