Archive for August, 2009
What is an in-kind donation?
Monday, August 31st, 2009
An in-kind donation is giving something besides money.
An in-kind donation could be donating goods, such as
- a store donating trash bags to a cleanup project,
- a restaurant donating food for a community event
- an individual donating their used
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Four reasons to NOT donate baby formula overseas
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Back when I was working on the Navajo reservation a church group invited me to join them in putting together care packages for Thailand. Having worked in Thailand I was very skeptical of what they were sending over: baby bottles,…
If you trust an aid agency enough to donate money, then trust them to decide how it is best spent
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Far too often aid agencies have their hands tied with funds that are earmarked or otherwise limited in how it can be spent. This does far more harm than good as it prevents aid agencies from spending money on what…
Related news and blog postings
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
This is a regular Sunday morning post, previous posts can be found under “current events”. In this weekly posting, I provide links to the news articles and blogs related to development and disaster relief that I found most interesting during…
Before donating to a foreign disaster, verify whether international assistance is both needed and wanted
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
This is the first of a series of posts on things to consider about before donating to a foreign disaster to ensure that your donations do the good you intended.
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When a disaster strikes and the news…
Related articles and posts
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Returning to my regular Sunday morning post, previous posts can be found under “current events”. In this posting I links to numerous news articles and blogs related to development and disaster relief that I found most interesting during the past…
The importance of donating to local aid agencies after a disaster
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Recently I saw an appeal on Twitter for donations to the Taiwan typhoon. The appeal was from Global Giving whose website states: “Global Giving connects donors with community based programs that need support”. I have a few questions…
