Are there any charities out there that allow you to donate directly to a needy family?

Question

I have found one site that allows you to donate via PayPal. The lady on there that I chose had medical bills because her small son was very sick and she's now having to quit work and stay at home to care for him. (This is her page if anyone else is interested: http://www.digitalcharity.com/m.php?id=22383).

I was wondering if there were other sites out there that allowed you to do the same. I'd like to donate to several families, but only found that one site and, although there were many, many people there needing help, she was the only one offering proof of her situation.

So, if you know of a site that I could donate directly to a truly needy person, I would appreciate it.

Answer 1

Your link is down currently.....but I will say that--while many charities SAY that you can host a family/person or that you can donate directly to a person, it is highly unusual and the money typically goes to the general fund, which is then used to fund a variety of projects in and around the community of the person you are 'supporting'.

A better idea is to try an organization like KIVA or another mini loan org.....you and others provide the money to a person usually trying to start a business or get a vehicle....you pick your choice of person/situation.....then they get the money and pay it back over a certain period of time.....that money you can reinvest in another person or withdraw if you wish......that way, you can help numerous people with the same amount of money.....good luck!!

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=busines...

Answer 2

http://www.modestneeds.org

Answer 3

HAMAS and JIHAD against AMERICA.  you and i and everyone in america donate to them by the billions$ everytime we purchase gas.  Protest paying high prices for gas and if we can ever lower the price of gas (impossible), you'll have more to donate to the charities of your choice or the recommendations of others.

Answer 4

You only have their word for it, think about that

Plus they have a computer and a home and internet access if they are on ebay so they can't be that hard up

Answer 5

no because of privacy rules & regulations.

Answer 6

See This I Put Request

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

We Are Starting A Educational Project Free Of Cost For The Children Of Poor Families In The Community, We Visit Their Houses And Convenience Them To Send Their Children To School For Basic Education Instead Of Using Them As A Source Of Income Under The Head Of Child Labour,

For This We Gave Them A Charm That They Will Not Have To Pay The Tution Fees , No Books Cost , No Uniform Expenses ... All Will Be Provide By The School Administration, Also We Have 8 Young People Of The Same Community Who Will Teach N Serve Without Any Compensation ..

We Were Planning For The Strength Of 25 Students Only Initially, But Right Now The Enrolled Number Increased To 67

We Immediately Need Used Books & Used Educational Learning Toys For Our Students ,

Your One Single Donated Book Will Be Used In Many Sessions And Many Children Can Get Benefit Of That One Single Book

Plz Contact Me At

( [e-mail] )

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Answer 7

www.risingfountains.org

Write to Mathias Zimba directly through the website and he would be happy to match you with a needy family.

Answer 8

a local church.

Answer 9

i don't know about web sites but you could ask at the CAB they may be able to point you in the right direction

also that's a lovely thing to be doing

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