URGENT: SE Asian Flood Disaster - Donate Money

Sarfaraz

Insert From Martin

I very much welcome the post below. *I have diverted the sites charity fund to the appeal(see discussion here.)

One note to make though there is now a collective Disasters Emergency Appeal fund, the number to call to doante is 0870 606 0900

Further insert by FM: DEC website: www.dec.org.uk

Further insert by Andrea: DEC has confirmed you can also donate £1.50 by sending a text containing the word "DONATE" to 83321. The donation is taken from your credit if on PAYG and will go on your bill if you're on contract.


Hi

Apologies to the mods if this is the wrong place to post this message, but I thought that as this forum is the post popular one, it would be the most apt place to put it.

I'm sure many of you will have been moved by the tragic images of the flood disaster which has struck SE Asia, so I think it would be worthwhile to donate whatever amount of money you can spare to help those in despair at this difficult time.

Sadly, I don't have the telephone numbers available of the charitable agencies, but they are being flagged up on the main news channels (SKY, BBC, ITN) over and over again and if you visit the following websites I'm sure methods on how to donate money will be detailed:

http://www.cafod.org.uk/
http://www.careinternational.org.uk/
http://www.ifrc.org/
http://www.oxfam.co.uk/
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
http://www.unicef.org/
http://www.worldvision.org.uk/

Thank you for all your help!

Sarfaraz

....and if the mods are happy with this post, I'd be grateful if you could make sure that it remains near the top of this forum.

Thanks!

leicester27

Good post keep it up here

Zoolander_2

Thanks for this post, FM.

If anyone can make a donation, then please do. Our help and support is really needed.

sabbykins

GREAT post.

I cannot imagine the trauma those poor people are feeling right now, and its good to know we can help somehow.

My love to them all and their families.

aliasojo

This might be a daft question, but is there any particular charity that's 'better' than another?

The reason I ask, is that there's something in the back of my mind about seeing an article or news report that said some well known charities have overheads that were classed as being too high. The advice was that if you wanted more of your donation to actually go to helping the cause directly, then you should be careful about which charity you opted to donate to.

I can't remember enough about the article though. :-/

Are the above mentioned charities all 'good'? (Strange question I know, as all charities by definition are good, but you know what I mean). I would prefer my donation to be used to help rather than being channelled into admin costs.

Sarfaraz

Thanks for all the posts!

I took the links off the BBC News website, although it is by no means exhaustive and if you wish to donate by other means then people are welcome to post other suggestions on line.

redfox

My heart goes out to those poor people as we watch the harrowing scenes on our TV screens.  :'(

Just recently Mr Tesco made a lot of us a very generous donation of some red & white wine which undoubtably saved us a lot of money. So I will be sending a decent lump of the cash saved by that donation to assist those whose lives have been torn apart by this disaster.

VickyA_2

On the news they were talking about the British Red Cross sending out supplies, so this is their website:

Red Cross

It also explains (to a certain extent) why we should give money and not material items.

I've always supported the Red Cross since I went to the international Red Cross museum a few years ago. Absolutely fascinating work that they do.

aliasojo

Feel I should emphasise that I'm not for one minute suggesting any of the above charities have high overheads, I was just wondering if anyone had an opinion about any of them.

(I'm better if I'm faced with a smaller choice :-/)

I shall just go and pick one of them anyway....... ;D

pepperoni_2

Not sure about the running costs but as with all institutions that have employees there is an obligation to provide them with a living wage....so there is bound to be some expenditure...CAFOD and Save the Children seem to hover around the 18-19% level, they can be checked on http://www.charitiesdirect.com/aspscript/chrsrch.asp

I've gone for CAFOD as you can select the end point of your funds.

Excellent post...I'm sure we've all saved a fortune over the past few money saving ventures...time to put a bit back into
the pot.