Can you give me some Christmas present advice for my grandchildren re: charity donation

[Paper Roses]

I feel it is important for my 2 granddaughters to be responsible citizens of this world in which we live. The girls are fortunate that their parents are able to supply then with the things necessary to their lives. One is 13, the other is 15.

In their name, I would like to make a donation to a worthwhile charity, perhaps an international organization that would supply food, housing, education to the needy.

I don't care where this organization is located, just that the bulk of their donations go the the recipients, not to administrative costs.

There are so many from which to choose. A friend is doing the same thing in the name of her grandchildren. She is donating to:

http://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/index.html?msource=KIK3J120047&utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=heiferinternational&utm_campaign=HEIF41-Brand

Last year I gave to our local animal rescue organization in their name. This year I would like to do something else. The world is such a mess, I want to have the few dollars I can afford to go the the most needy charity. The kids will understand and appreciate the contribution. They are aware of the need and would be happy to have me make the contribution.

If you have a suggestion, please let me know.

[underpants]

1. My folks donated a tree at a national park in my daughters name

https://www.nationalforests.org/get-involved/ways-to-give

[Brickbat]

2. Heifer is a good one.

[demmiblue]

3. Kiva

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They sell Kiva gift cards, so your grandchildren can pick which borrower 'speaks' to them.

http://www.kiva.org/

[mnhtnbb]

4. You might find out what local organizations in your area are helping refugees

and then make a donation to them.

The charities vary by state. Start with your state and google refugee organizations.

[Beaverhausen]

5. Feeding America

[jberryhill]

6. I'd like to second Kiva

[DURHAM D]

7. I like the heifer project.

Helps then think globally. One of my nephews recently found the picture of a water buffalo and card from when I donated one in his name many years ago. He took a picture of it and emailed it to me.

Yesterday we talked on the phone and he told me that the first time he traveled out of the country he pulled out his file of the heifer gifts I had donated in his name over the years and picked his destinations from among those countries.

Now that he is a father he asked me to start doing the same for his children instead of the usual gifts.

Guess you could say the heifers are the gift that keep on giving in more ways than one.

[hedda_foil]

9. I was going to suggest Heifer too.

You can donate for anything from a flock of chicks to a water buffalo that is given to a a destitute family in any of a number of countries (mainly in the Southern hemisphere) They are taught how to care for the animals, which gives the family an income. They, in turn, are eventually able to give offspring of the original animal to a neighboring family.

[Marrah_G]

8. MSF- Doctors without Borders

They are saviors of humanity.