Reply #6: Never give to World Vision [View All]

It took me months of letters to get them to admit that some of MY cash was going to religious education, they argued that "that's what the community wants" I asked that if the community asked for female genital mutilation would they support that too under their program?

How about if they asked for Islamic instruction? jewish?

not to even mention the MILLIONS spent in Oz alone in media monitoring and an enormous marketing dept that pays large salaries when compared to those paid by other charities.

There is also the problem that people are conned into thinking they are helping a particular child or village and basically they're not the money is pooled.

Some non religious charities that are reputable (from my dealings - have volunteered for some worked for others and just supported others)

Oxfam (Community Aid Abroad in some areas)
Amnesty
Unicef

I don't know if they do the "sponsor a kiddie" thing but in reality none of them really do that

http://www.charitynavigator.org/ might be able to help narrow it done a bit