I won't give to the International Red Cross, do give to our local Red Cross affiliate.
Catholic Charities is collecting funds for Haiti and their record of distribution is excellent.
For Catholic Virginians, this Sunday's special collection is for Hurricane disaster relief.
It's not even a Catholic organization. Save your money for the Salvation Army, or even the Red Cross (though the Red Cross has a bad administration record). Send money to those who need it, not to bureacrats and 'delivery structure'.
dittos: shun Red Cross, especially (but not only) IRC. They only do a good job with prisoner issues, and even there they've strayed toward becoming politically correct.
Catholic Charities is MUCH better at these sorts of operations if you wish to get aid to the needy.
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I agree about Catholic Charities. That's where our donation is going. God help those poor people.