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My family tried to do this in China. They donated a flock of sheep to a rural village. But they were tricked into paying high prices for an inferior breed. Keep
by kelukelugames 11y ago
My family tried to do this in China. They donated a flock of sheep to a rural village. But they were tricked into paying high prices for an inferior breed. Keep in mind, my family is in China.
So how do we help foreign countries without losing our donations to swindles?
- maxerickson 11y agoMonitoring for fraud and publicizing good and egregious bad actors probably goes a long way against swindlers. For example, these posts are critical of Heifer International: http://blog.givewell.org/category/heifer-international/ http://blog.givewell.org/category/heifer-international/ But they are mostly concerns about the whole concept of giving livestock, so it's probably still an effective strategy for someone that wants to give livestock to give money to Heifer International rather than trying to do anything more direct.
- rdancer 11y agoCharity always attracts scammers and swindlers. That's on them. It's OK, as long as you're not making the problem worse by financing "charities" that only further impoverish their clients either by malice or by incompetence. Suppose that rural village can put those inferior sheep to at least some use?
- dragonwriter 11y agoSame as avoiding swindles in any other use of money; research the specific options before committing resources and don't have blind faith in whoever is seeking your money.