Quote Originally Posted by christianpfc View Post
My approach is the opposite. I don't know any Thai charity, and if I searched for charities on the internet I wouldn't know if they are trustworthy.
If contributing a significant amount to a charity or good cause, I would have 3 requirements:
(i) Supports what I consider to be a good cause
(ii) The charity has no religious connections (If the title is "Christian Aid", or something like that, they can **** off and get money off someone else)
(iii) The charity is efficient. I define efficiency as Amount going to the good cause/Total amount raised. A relative of a very good friend was briefly working for a charity many years ago and out of all the money raised, 95% went to run the charity and about 5% went to the good causes.

So far this year, I've made 2 significant donations. One to a request here and another to an initiative run by an ex work colleague who I hold in very high regard. I'm fairly sure more good comes from that than anything which is processed through the average charity machine.