Help me find a charity that I can donate money to.?

Question

Preferably for a poor country. I want a charity that will spend the money towards children's education. I don't want a charity that just feeds African kids, so that they can grow up and join the war and kill each other. I want to help educate, even 1 kid. With education they can build their country on their own, and hope for a better future.

So anyone has any ideas?

Answer 1

www.childrensjoyfoundation.org

Answer 2

Education is the ultimate investment. There are ever so many who profess to do everything for helping to educate.  However, the mney that goes to the ultimate beneficiary is probably not more than  30% of the actual donation. Not all can afford to work voluntariiy. Pl. choose your beneficiery yourself after scrutiny. God be with you in your effoirts.

Answer 3

Forget about a poor country.  If the U.S. is to remain strong and free, charity begins at HOME.  My favorite charity is The Southern Poverty Law Ctr.  Look em up. It's run by Morris Dees and you can look him up on Wikipedia.  I've always maintained it is the Europeans responsible for Africa.  They were the original invaders, conquerors, pilferers etc.  It's their mess. Internationally, I believe the North American Continent deserves our most immediate attention.  So there!

Answer 4

If you want to help to educate kids, there are a lot of kids in the US who deserve and need education. The  Public Educative System  is falling.

Answer 5

CARE International helps women and girls in developing countries with education, health care and livelihoods -- it's not just aid, it's partnerships with local organizations and local people, to decide what they themselves want and need, and it's about building people capacities so they can do for themselves. I highly recommend them:

http://www.care.org

Answer 6

Catholic Charities, where we Cherish the Divine Within all and provide help and hope to people of all faiths.

Answer 7

You can help me. I have never ask for anything in my life, but I really need help educating my 2 boys... This is my story. I will keep out all the details to keep it short.

1991 I married what I thought was the love of my life. I went back to school and got a degree in education. I became a teacher. While I was teaching, I supported both me and my husband, so that he could build a business, after a couple of yrs, his business took off and the sacrifice was worth it. In the meantime I got involved in one of my students life (1st grader). He and his sister needed help. Eventually he came to live with me and soon became my son. I did not ask for anything from the parents they were having such a hard time surving  in the minimum wage world. His father left the family completely, the mom is still in touch from time to time. Martin- the boy- was with me and my husband for a couple of years when my husband and I took another boy into our family to adopt as our own.  My husband was crazy about him, Of course I fell  in love with him right away. Before we could adopt my husband was diagnosed with a mental illness and instead of staying on his medication, he did something totally unlike himself. He started using drugs. He went through all our savings and I had to make a decision of leaving him. I had to for my childrens sake. I had promised to raise these children in a loving happy home, and I am.  They are very good boys, everyone that knows them says so. I am very fortunate. We do not have a lot but we have each other.

I am a teacher and that is my only income. No child or spouse support.  It is now time to start planning for college, the boys are now 14 and 16. Martin is a junior in HS. I make too much money for grants and not enough to do it myself. What I said before about not ever having to ask for help before is true, but now my children's education is at stake and I will ask anyone I can for help. If you are serious about helping someone please, please consider my beautiful sweet children.

Thank you for listening

Carla

Answer 8

you really want to help? [e-mail] - is organizing a program for the needy kids in their education this coming april -may. they need a lot of supply school supplies and volunteers for the poorest kids in the poorest communities.

Answer 9

There are children in the United States that are going hungry everryday. There are people sleeping on floors because they have no mattress. Children that have no one to watch them in the afternoons after school or to help them do homework. Find your local food  bank or shelter. There are many needs that can be filled. If they is no local shelterr see your local churches. I am sure they can help you find many needs that can be met.

Answer 10

do some searches on poverty towns and then visit the schools that way you can make sure the money you spend is spent well. I would even recommend supplying it yourself.

Seems everyone wants a hand in the kitty.

There are plenty to choose from, they are closing schools everyday due to lack of money .

Answer 11

when you give to overseas campaigns about 3% of them money actually goes to the kids i give money to st. judes 3 times a year to give sick children in america free service and health and operations desparatly needed