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Poor people are everywhere. For low cost / direct impact, you could "remotely adopt" kid in India or Africa and provide basic education. You get letters, pictu
by jkot 10y ago
Poor people are everywhere. For low cost / direct impact, you could "remotely adopt" kid in India or Africa and provide basic education. You get letters, pictures etc... Its very nice.
I found catholic charities to be best for this (I am not catholic). They work on site, have long tradition and very small overhead.
- ryandrake 10y agoWow, I've always just assumed those things were total scams. How do you verify that your money is providing care for an actual kid and not funding some entrepreneur's third yacht while he sends you stock photos of kids?
- whamlastxmas 10y agoYou have to pick a charity that goes above and beyond the legally required reporting. This provides transparency into how the money is spent on a more granular level. I don't know how common this is, I suspect not very.
- jkot 10y agoMy friend went to India to visit adopted kid. There are stories on news papers, some students even came to study university in Europe.