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Sending money to overseas charities

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Hi there, our daughter has recently raised £220 through busking and would like it to be split equally between the Lebanese Food Bank and Biet El Baraka, two charities in Beirut who are supporting the city after their explosion.
If I sent the money through my bank (Santander) they will charge me a flat rate of £25 per transaction.
I believe Western Union and The Post Office are a lot cheaper (£1.99? per transaction) but I don't know if there will be other hidden costs from either/or both sides.
I am a bit of a techno novice but yesterday managed to download the pagofx (Santander) app to make use of their free money transfers only to find they don't deal with sending money to Lebanon.
The Lebanese Food Bank does have a donate page but there again it was a matter of typing in how much you wished to give and pressing the 'donate now' button - there's no mention of fees attached which is a bit worrying.
Has anybody any advice please? Ideally I want to send money to both of these charities without incurring any or minimal costs.
If I can walk into somewhere to do the transaction even better, if not I will have to overcome my incompentence and do it online.
Thanking you in advance.
If I sent the money through my bank (Santander) they will charge me a flat rate of £25 per transaction.
I believe Western Union and The Post Office are a lot cheaper (£1.99? per transaction) but I don't know if there will be other hidden costs from either/or both sides.
I am a bit of a techno novice but yesterday managed to download the pagofx (Santander) app to make use of their free money transfers only to find they don't deal with sending money to Lebanon.
The Lebanese Food Bank does have a donate page but there again it was a matter of typing in how much you wished to give and pressing the 'donate now' button - there's no mention of fees attached which is a bit worrying.
Has anybody any advice please? Ideally I want to send money to both of these charities without incurring any or minimal costs.
If I can walk into somewhere to do the transaction even better, if not I will have to overcome my incompentence and do it online.
Thanking you in advance.
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And having a quick look at Western Union, it says "Recipients in Lebanon are subject to a 2% cash handling fee which will be collected by agents from the principal amount at payout." Post Office also uses Western Union, so I'd imagine that would be the same.
There are other Forex options, but for simplicity I'd say go for WU or PO, or ask the charities if they have any preferences.
Lewis Carroll
eta: main page says they're also supporting Biet El Baraka,
https://lifelebanon.org/