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    Nepal Earthquakes - Informed Aid

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    What with the double earthquake in Nepal a lot of attention is on Nepal right now and a lot of people are wondering how they can help.

    I'm no expert on the subject but I've heard it generally confirmed that cash donations to reputable and efficient charities is generally the best way to go. On top of that, it's increasingly becoming common knowledge that not all charities (no matter how sincere) are equally efficient - and people tend to want to see their money do the most good.

    To that end I thought I'd throw out a couple of links to websites dedicated to evaluating the efficiency of charities with the goal of helping people make more informed choices.

    Charity Navigator listing of charities helping in Nepal

    Taken from that list - some of the most efficient of those are:

    http://www.map.org/ 99.94%
    http://www.directrelief.org/ 99.94%
    http://brothersbrother.org/ 98.74%
    http://www.unfoundation.org/ 96.98%
    http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ 96.17%
    http://www.rescue.org/ 95.36%
    http://www.compassion.com/ 95.33%
    http://www.savethechildren.org 93.48%

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    Re: Nepal Earthquakes - Informed Aid

    This is a particularly good article dating from the earthquake in Haiti on why you shouldn't donate to specific disaster funds
    http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmo...oney-to-haiti/

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    Re: Nepal Earthquakes - Informed Aid

    It is a good article but just in case someone needs a tldr - it promotes two main points,
    1, find an efficient charity worth giving to
    2, give without earmarking the funds

    Oh and I suppose point three is Give!
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