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What's a reputable charity for donations to citizens of Gaza? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by blunderworld@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not intended as a political post, hopefully its allowed. What are some charities I can donate to that are reputable, and will use the proceeds to help civilians in Gaza?

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[–] steventhedev@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

MSF provide health services and are around 80% efficient (20% of your donation goes to overhead). I'm not sure if they make it easy to earmark a donation to Gaza.
UNICEF does more infrastructure projects, but have around 30% overhead.

If you really want to maximize your impact, check if your employer or professional association have donation matching for various large charities.

There are obviously many more charities - these are two that I believe have the highest chances of actually reaching civilians in Gaza and not being diverted.

[–] highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ah yes UNICEF, the org that pressures poor children into harassing their struggling parents and community on the verge of food stamp eligibility to donate money to… help poor children that aren’t theirs with their dumbass school campaigns

I’ll stick to MSF. I can never forgive something like that.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Donating to charity has been a key part of rising out of poverty for me