My problem with most humanitarian relief efforts (& indeed, the ones often sponsored by my classmates & on bookface, etc.) is that I am often unable to find out how much of what I donate actually goes to help people. 25%? 95%?
Many of these organizations have so many paid people on staff, better than half of what they take in goes to cover their salaries.
There's one group I trust to use my money carefully--The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Don't worry. They won't use your donations to proselytize--humanitarian aid and the funds used to support those efforts are kept entirely separate and are often done in conjunction with other groups--a tactic that helps them to assure potential non-LDS donors that they are not using aid to get converts.
Check out this article in the Deseret News.
And see this page for the Church's official press release on their humanitarian involvement and how you can donate.
Mind you, none of this should be taken as an effort to disparage any of the many good groups trying to help Haitians devastated by the earthquake.
This is about finding the most efficient and effective way for those of us thousands of miles away to help the people of Haiti.
