How you can help – Gustav
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 4 September, 2008
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The Hauser Center has a great blog post on where to give to help victims of Gustav. It advocates for thoughtful giving to local groups, with which I wholeheartedly agree.
How to help in Georgia
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 17 August, 2008
- 2 Comments
Georgia is a developing country, but not among the poorest of the poor. It’s not Haiti or Bangladesh. Therefore, the displaced persons who fled probably have some level of savings, … more Blood & Milk…
Keep your banana to yourself
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 20 July, 2008
- 6 Comments
I read a blog post tonight about giving to beggars in India. The writer said that if you give them food instead of money, they will sell it back to … more Blood & Milk…
Things I don’t believe in #10 – Donating stuff instead of money
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 18 June, 2008
- 1 Comment
Give money. Don’t send food, bottled water, clothing or useful-seeming stuff. Give money. Your old stuff costs money to ship. It is almost always cheaper to just buy it in … more Blood & Milk…
tiny Burma update
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 9 May, 2008
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Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland is distributing World Food Programme aid in Burma. More information (in French) here. There is also a donate page here. Your donation goes to all … more Blood & Milk…
How to give to Burma
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 8 May, 2008
- 4 Comments
100,000 people may have died in Burma. The survivors need our help. After the attention engendered by my last post, I did some googling for options on how best to … more Blood & Milk…
