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I spent 2 months in Sierra Leone last year and a month working with Wellbody Alliance [1] in the impoverished mining district of Kono. So far that part of Sierr
by jhull 12y ago
I spent 2 months in Sierra Leone last year and a month working with Wellbody Alliance [1] in the impoverished mining district of Kono. So far that part of Sierra Leone has been spared from the virus but with the limited health resources in that area, it is only a matter of time.
I can personally speak for their effectiveness and tell you that your donations will actually end up in the form of medicine or medical services to someone who really needs them and not in the hands of some giant NGO that ends up swallowing 75% of what you send them for admin costs and first class tickets.
[1] http://wellbodyalliance.org/donate/ http://wellbodyalliance.org/donate/
- silencio 12y agoI can understand the desire to make sure your money goes towards actual programs instead of overhead, but MSF - at least in the US - is one of the better big name charities I can think of on that front. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3628 http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary... 86% for program costs. Wellbody is at 95%, but they don't have any salaries or employee benefits listed, among other things that inevitably gobble up some small percentage of money for bigger charities.
- jhull 12y agonice thanks for that link, great site to do charity due diligence