From earthquakes to 9/11
My opinion on your money being siphoned off to Hamas or to 'terror cells' is simple:
- Giving money to international aid is always risky.
- Not all the money will get there, you can be certain of that.
- Not all of it will go where you'd expect it to go - you can be almost as certain of that.
- But when it gets to the right place and is used in the right way it makes a big difference.
posted by David Pitchford @ 10:10 am
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I'd also make the point that the charities alleged to have helped terrorist organisations are not big players and you are highly unlikely to have given them money: Interpal is small by aid agency standards (£3m expenditure) and Crescent Relief is miniscule (£70,000). Your only involvement is that your taxes subsidised them fractionally.
Except of course, if you voted in celebrity big brother, as a proportion of your cash went to the charities nominated by the contestants - and GG nominated Interpal.
Yet another reason not to have anything to do with that programme!
We just need to be more choosy as to who to help. Charities are used by unscrupulous people to get rich by tugging at the heartstrings of well-meaning people.
It may not win over those who are determined to be uber-sceptical, but here's a relevant news story about overseas aid charities doing the right thing by (potential and actual) donors
http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/7119
Thanks Mark. Personally, the more I look around the more I see charities - international NGOs in particular - doing their best to improve.
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Natural disasterss are a good charity in my opinion because the people it affected it couldn't prevent it.
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Unfortunately, there are always those people that will take advantage of people during these times of crisis. I agree that everyone needs to do there research on charities before donating. Thank you for the great articles.
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