Before you make your holiday and year-end donations, make sure that the money you are sharing to strengthen the world is really going to do that--and not line someone's pockets.
In his November 21 column in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof warns about "When Donations Go Astray," identifies some poster children for charities that purport to help people but, in the end, might not be, and suggests sites donors can visit to check on charities of interst.
BTW--I was pleased that one of my favorite charities, the American Jewish World Service (www.ajws.org) was lauded by Kristof for doing what it says it will do--and doing good work.
View Kristof's comments at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/opinion/21kristof.html?ref=opinion.
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