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Well it is good for people in Nepal. But what about the USA, especially disabled veterans, people on disability, people on no or low income, homeless people, a
by orionblastar 14y ago
Well it is good for people in Nepal.
But what about the USA, especially disabled veterans, people on disability, people on no or low income, homeless people, and others who cannot afford their healthcare and got shafted by the federal government?
There are some charities, but they collect funds with Quadriga Art, that keeps the lion's share of the donations and little to no money goes to the charity or people in need. CNN has investigated this company http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/us/senate-charities-investigation/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/us/senate-charities-investigat... http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/fund-raising-company-faces-new-questions/ http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/fund-raising-company-f... http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/25/charities-in-debt-to-fundraising-company/ http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/25/charities-in-debt-to-f...
This is the reason why so many charities are broke in the USA and the money never goes to the people it is supposed to help. We can reform this problem by starting up a non-profit web company to keep the costs low for raising money for these charities and making sure the people in need get the money and life saving medical treatments and surgeries that they need.
- jc00ke 14y agoYes, there are people all over that need help, and that definitely includes those you mentioned in the US. However, there are existing organizations already working on that, or other organizations yet to be created that could lead the charge. Watsi was founded on a few simple principles, and 2 that we apply to every possible treatment are "low cost, high impact". Unfortunately, health care in the US is not low cost. It's ridiculous. I hope one day we can collaborate with an organization or 2 that will take on the challenge! Until then, there's Give Forward, which does a great job itself.