Hello Reddit!
I live in Finland.
I had gathered decent savings and have decided that I want to donate the rest of it towards childrens schooling, my mother loved the idea and wants to match my amount as well so it will be double.
The question is; what is a reliable site and to what country should I donate to for childrens education that works from Finland as some sites or routes don’t work from here for some reason.
All answers regarding reliable sources are appreciated.
I will gather the most up-voted or commented sites from here and other communities that I will be posting this in and choose one from them to donate in with my mother and perhaps my brother as well if he is interested.
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Posted by ImSuchArat
3 Comments
Given you are in the financial and life situation that it really makes sense to donate all of your savings to children’s education, which sounds a bit strange to me from financial perspective. I would only donate to globally trusted NGO’s such as UNICEF, SOS Children Village or locally trusted ones such as MLL. Depends where you want to support the education of children.
I really don’t want to give you advice whether you should do it or not but maybe consider monthly donation instead of giving out all your savings (unless it’s not all of your savings, you have a fast way to accumulate those savings back etc)
MLL
Once you have collected a few and start looking into which one you want, please look into the ratio of how much the organization actually donates to the needy and how much they keep themselves.
Examples: The Red Cross and Amnesty are infamous for forwarding almost nothing to the needy, compared to how much they keep for themselves.
Some organizations, like Lions International, keep donations entirely separate from the cost of their own salaries so that 100% of donations go to charity.