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What charitable organizations/causes should I give to?

With the holidays coming up I am feeling very stressed out about all of the gifts I need to buy. Not only is it a difficult time of year on my bank account, but I feel bad buying extravagant gifts for friends and family who can afford so many luxuries in life. I am aware of all the suffering that exists in the world and have been considering making donations to charities and/or different causes in my friends'/family members' names instead. I want to make sure that I donate to legitimate causes and organizations. Do you think that such a gift would be appreciated? Any recommendations as to what are some good organizations/causes that I should give to?

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Here is a link where not only can you help provide necessities to people in real need, but it won´t cost you more than a daily click on each of the causes in the link. They also have some interesting stuff for Christmas, if you want to go a step further and make a donation and in return decorate your house or buy your dear ones some little presents.

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_home_from_ths_thankyou_sitenav

Oxam is also a legitimate non-profit organization in benefit of a fair trade:

http://www.oxfamshop.org.au/links

It doesn´t take much to help others in need but just a good will:o) Happy Holidays!

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World Vision is a reputable organization that could meet your needs. Their phone # is 1-888-511-6598. They have a web site also, but it was down for maintance this morning. You can watch a 30 sec. promo video at

http://www.1049theriver.com/media/WorldVision/WCVO.mov to find out more info.

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