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[anotheranon]

Just made a contribution to the tsunami relief effort. It wasn't much, but I had to do something - the enormity of it all is overwhelming :(

I went to charityguide.org to find out what relief organizations were recommended; I went with Oxfam, but I'm sure giving anywhere is appreciated.

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[geekchick]

I gave a little to Mercy Corps and a little to the IFRC (who seem to have the option to earmark for tsunami victims now, which they didn't when I first looked so I donated to the general disaster relief emergency fund). CNN also has a list of organizations that are accepting donations.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

My contribution went to the Mennonite Central Committee, chosen simply because I know they'll extract the least amount of administration and the maximum amount of aid from each dollar.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

...least amount of administration and the maximum amount of aid...

Yep, that's why I checked Charity Guide first - I wanted to get as much bang for my meager buck as possible. Oxfam rated "A" for division of funds :)

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be giving money to Oxfam America and/or Doctors without Borders. I hate the Red Cross -- they're way too political and there are way too many questions about how they allocate their money for me to feel comfortable in supporting them.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Drs. Without Borders was another choice, but they must be getting a lot of traffic - I tried to access their site in two different browsers and timed out on both!