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I think for the most part we are, at best, only peripherally aware of the crisis in Sudan. This is the first legit famine on the globe since 2017.
news.un.org
For any posters on this board who are fortunate enough to be in a position in life to do charitable giving, please consider donating what you can to the famine relief efforts. There was a bit of talk on the other thread about which party gives more to charity, but that was just talk. I'd like to see if we can all, conservatives and liberals alike, band together and take concrete and specific action to help out the (literally) most vulnerable people on the planet at the moment.
I personally chose to give the the UN World Food Program as the most efficient and leveraged way to transform American dollars from my bank account into food in the mouths of Sudanese children. Regardless of what you politically think about the UN at large, not many other groups are going to be able to help as efficiently and as cost effectively as the UN World Food Program.
Help Fight World Hunger | World Food Program USA
It is a 503(c) tax deductible organizations and has an 87% rating on charity navigator (deductions mostly because they are a bit cash strapped, which imo is a positive for a charity).
The expense ratio and fundraising efficiency are world class good, which means more of your dollars ends up as food aid on the back end.
Anyway, for those in a place in their lives where the disposable income exists to help out, please consider giving, if not to the UN World Food Program, then to whatever specifically targeted Sudanese food aid charity you are most comfortable giving to.
Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’
Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population displacement and chronic insecurity. As the UN system prepares to launch a call for record funding of $4.2 billion to support aid operations in the country, here are some of the main...
For any posters on this board who are fortunate enough to be in a position in life to do charitable giving, please consider donating what you can to the famine relief efforts. There was a bit of talk on the other thread about which party gives more to charity, but that was just talk. I'd like to see if we can all, conservatives and liberals alike, band together and take concrete and specific action to help out the (literally) most vulnerable people on the planet at the moment.
I personally chose to give the the UN World Food Program as the most efficient and leveraged way to transform American dollars from my bank account into food in the mouths of Sudanese children. Regardless of what you politically think about the UN at large, not many other groups are going to be able to help as efficiently and as cost effectively as the UN World Food Program.
Help Fight World Hunger | World Food Program USA
It is a 503(c) tax deductible organizations and has an 87% rating on charity navigator (deductions mostly because they are a bit cash strapped, which imo is a positive for a charity).
The expense ratio and fundraising efficiency are world class good, which means more of your dollars ends up as food aid on the back end.
Anyway, for those in a place in their lives where the disposable income exists to help out, please consider giving, if not to the UN World Food Program, then to whatever specifically targeted Sudanese food aid charity you are most comfortable giving to.
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