Most of my interest has been from a church or Lions Club point of view.=20
This organization is helpful to determine if a given organization meets=20
your criteria. A while back I sent a personal donation via paypal to an=20
organization in Armenia raising funds for music instruments for=20
children. They turned out legit and I have a soft spot for kids and=20
music.  I would have done the same for Turkish kids.
Churches have to fight politics all the way. Sometimes you have to=20
accept that you are feeding the soldiers along with the kids.
The Lions Club is the largest world-wide Charity and we usually already=20
have people in country to help get us up to speed quickly. There is=20
probably a problem with graft some where, but in my 20 years serving=20
with them I have not seen any corruption. Our local club has been=20
targeted by the IRS a couple of years, but each year we finish up with=20
less than $1000 in the Treasury and a long list of those served.

I don't consider this Politics, it is simply the right thing to do. Most=20
disasters get overwhelmed with aid by this time and it does not seem to=20
be happening in Nepal!
If you have a direct contact with a business in Nepal you may be able to=20
work through him. It is not difficult to help someone who has lost=20
everything including their families.

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On 5/3/2015 9:10 AM, peter green wrote:
> On 03/05/15 04:51, John Ferrell wrote:
>> make that:
>>        charitynavigator.org
>>    =20
> I notice that this appears to be an american site looking at american
> charities, so probablly useful for americans not so much for everyone els=
e.
>

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John Ferrell W8CCW
    Julian NC 27283
  It is better to walk alone,
than with a crowd going the wrong direction.
                   --Diane Grant


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