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trip1
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 Posted - Dec 12 2006 : 1:27:24 PM
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For the holidays this year, I will be making donations to various charitable organizations in the names of my family and friends. I've come across a few great causes, but am still looking for a few more.
What are your favorite charities/non-profits? If possible, please provide a bit of information about the cause and/or a link to the website.
Namaste,
Brett  |
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david_obsidian
USA
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Posted - Dec 12 2006 : 2:38:17 PM
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The Smile Train gives cleft-palate surgery to children who need it but can't afford it, generally in poorer countries. There are things I really like about this charity. One is that all of your money goes to the surgery, as the charity has already been endowed by donors who pay for all promotions. Another is that they generally use (as far as possible) local doctors in those countries to do the surgery, sometimes training them I believe.
www.SmileTrain.org
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trip1
USA
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Posted - Dec 12 2006 : 5:16:21 PM
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| Thanks David, that is a wonderful cause. It's amazing to think that a small donation can completely change a child's life. |
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trip1
USA
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david_obsidian
USA
2602 Posts |
Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 3:08:10 PM
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Brett, thanks in return! That's a good site to refer to!
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 6:43:51 PM
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The one I like is an Irish charity called Goal. It has had less than 5% admin expenses averaged over the past 29 years, which is quite a record.
http://www.goal.ie/
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sadhak
India
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Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 10:19:58 PM
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There are all the institutions run by Mother Teresa in India. And there's one called Goonj, which, apart from money, collects everything that people junk,including old clothes, books and partially used notebooks, and sorts them and sends them to the poorest villages and places in India. They have volunteers who act as 'collection centres'. They even make sanitary napkins out of old clothes for women in remote areas who cannot afford them. You can see http://www.goonj.org/ .
Then there is Friendicoes that does an amazing lot of work for stray animals with pitifully little resources (lot of voluntary work) and works with wildlife sos to treat and rehabilitate abused wildlife too. |
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david_obsidian
USA
2602 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 11:29:15 AM
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I personally wouldn't donate to Mother Teresa's charity. Have a look at the following, and make up your own mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
For me, the very fact that the destination of donated funds is not made public is enough for me to say no. No secrecy in the spending of my donated funds (to a large charity), thankyou very much!!
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Victor
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 2:16:16 PM
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| I have always liked Seva foundation. They began by giving eye operations in Nepal and have sinced expanded in many areas. Ram Dass and Wavy Gravy are closely involved with them |
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david_obsidian
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 3:00:22 PM
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Might I suggest some folks consider donating some money to AYP this Christmas?
In the case of AYP, Yogani has gone to a number of expenses which are not yet covered. Yogani requested that donations are given only to an amount for which we believe we have received the equivalent already from AYP(don't remember the exact words -- better prose of course). That was one of the few times I really wished hard that I was a millionaire.
On my own side, I made a donation only with the request that Yogani spend it on whiskey and cigars if he wants to. From what he wrote back I think he has not spent in whiskey and cigars, but he has still covered the terms of my request -- he spends it on whiskey and cigars -- if he wants to.   
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 3:53:40 PM
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Thanks David. I was going to suggest this myself. Just wasn't sure if I should.. since the topic header was "Charities / Non-Profits "... but since you have brought it up...
Here is what Yogani has to say about it..
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Posted - Nov 04 2005 : 2:41:52 PM
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Hi Folks:
The "helping" discussion here is much appreciated. I'm not very comfortable engaging directly in the pubic money raising discussion, so pardon my silence. Individual inquiries about it can be sent to my email. That goes for both donations and "deep discount" quantity book purchases. On the latter, there is some good news. It looks like we will be able to ship direct from London, UK, as well as Tennessee, USA, so that bodes well for the shipping costs to the UK and Europe. More on that soon in the Quantity Discount Topic.
At this point I am not in a position to set up for automatic money transfers on a regular basis on this end. Maybe Paypal can do it from the sender's end, though I have not spotted that option in there so far.
For those who are interested, here is the direct AYP/Paypal Donation Link. Any donations should only be for the perception of value received already. I am most comfortable with that.
The guru is in you.
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david_obsidian
USA
2602 Posts |
Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 4:48:15 PM
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Shanti said: since the topic header was "Charities / Non-Profits
Well, if you generalize it to 'things worth donating to', we're on topic.
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 4:58:29 PM
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| Cool.. AYP is my favorite "'things worth donating to'," |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Dec 16 2006 : 4:24:17 PM
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Just thought of one more thing to add for AYP...
For those who are not comfortable using Paypal or a credit card online (like Me !!!), contact Yogani directly to make other arrangements.
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