Procrastination

I can’t vouch for them myself, but I’ve seen some people speak well of these folk: http://www.heifer.org/index_no_flash.htm

Forbes rated them as a Top Ten charity for “highest impact”: http://www.heifer.org/Inside_Heifer/Financial_Info.shtml

www.vivelacasa.org.

They assist refugees within the USA. Located inn Buffalo NY…they have approx. 10,000 refugees at any given time and 50% are Muslim. They need R help…not only money but many personal belongings. Lately there has been an alarming number of very young Pakistani women being dropped off at the front door at VIVE with young babies….usually with nothing but the clothes they are wearing…some are badly beaten.

This a very legitimate organization…and you know your efforts are not going to waste or ending up overseas in God knows who’s hands!!! Not only are you helping Muslims but you are helping people from other parts of the world and other religions.

Its time to help right here where we live!!

Peace and light.
- Ali

There’s always Mercy Corps, which has very low overhead and quietly does a lot of great works.

There’s also Project Apollonia, which I only discovered yesterday. I don’t know their admin overhead, but their mission seems cool.

I personally know that these are good folks doing good things…
Human Development Foundation of North America [http://www.pakistanlink.com/Community/2003/Aug03/08/07.html]
they set up clinics and schools in villages across Sindh and Punjab.

You might try the good folks at the seva foundation
http://www.seva.org/ , an organization Hugh Romney has been active in for years. They started with glaucoma treatment in Asia and I believe they now are also involved with Native American diabetes related activities. As far as I know they have one of the highest % of donations going to actual recipients of any charity anywhere

Akanksha (http://www.akanksha.org/index1.htm) do good work with children who need specialised care and attention; I know their work mostly because of friends who are involved in their activities, so I can vouch for them. Apart from the usual, ActionAid in India impressed the hell out of me with their work on relief and rehabilitation of disaster and riot survivors; I think they have a good national organisation in Pakistan as well that has a good reputation; the Haqooq Parchar unit in particular tackling problems that frequently get ignored or overlooked.

CRY: Child Relief and You

CRY America

I helped out with a car-wash fundraiser for this organization over the past weekend, and we raised over $500 in 4 hours (the car-wash was technically free, but donations were accepted). We put the “fun” in “fundraising,” hell yeah.

There R way 2 many charities…and 2 many ppl that need help. Just select one and be happy that you helped someone. If you work with organizations that sends stuff overseas…just be careful with what they do with the money/stuff in the end. There is one organization out of Toledo OH (cant think of the name)…supposedly helps Muslims..but it looks quite ‘fishy’ to me.

Only Allah knows your true intentions and you will be provided blessings accordingly.

I am firm believer in helping “local” people - around where you live…cuz you live among them and helping someone should start locally.

Regards,

- Ali

www.thisisali.com

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

WE ARE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HERE IN NIGERIA WEST AFRICA,PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO HELP THE POOR CHILDREN BECAUSE THE ARE DIEING , BECAUSE THERE IS NO HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT , THAT IT WHY WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.SO PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO HELP,AND ALSO GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY .

THANK YOU

GOD BLESS YOU.

REGARDS.

CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS.

i want work with u

Hello,
I am executive director of World-wild Harvest Center in Uganda. Currently we are involved in projects to improve livelihoods of rural people of the war torn Northern Uganda. What is the possibility of getting assistance on promotion of high value tree species for better livelihoods?

Hope to hear from you soon,
Peter Okello