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PS : i did give to charities against oversea's misery, yet if I give everything, i will be in misery myself. There is a scale in virtue, copyright questions are entangled into that.
There's also the deranging question of what that money is for. Western NGOs are notorious for having more money used "locally" (eg. in France) as administrative fees (execs salaries, promotion campaigns..) and most of them spend their money very unwisely overseas: for example you can spend millions feeding people everyday with goods imported from Europe, or you can spend a few years exchanging with local farmers and developing a better understanding of permaculture mixes possible in that region so that people can be 100% autonomous.
Most NGOs are interested in "numbers" they can show to their ~~shareholders~~ donors (like all big bureaucratic orgs) and don't care about actual results.
i am lucky to know an honest and hard-working guy from an African country since many years. He maintains contact with his home place back there and exactly know the needs & how the money is//was spent ; to build a grain reserve "grenier".
Ah! That's the best kind of international support :)