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  chrisnt on 24/11/2023 - 11:15

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  I remember early reports about this company that large amounts of the charity money were going to controversial evangelical groups. The type who would provide aid hand in hand with evangelical religion. I haven't kept up to date but have always avoided them because it didn't sit well with me and felt misleading. Is it still the same company and owners? What are the projects that they are funding these days?

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    bargainperson on 24/11/2023 - 11:47

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    Oof, Wikipedia has info on this, looks like they dropped the dodgy charity but are still involved with some other church.
    At least they are still donating to some good causes: "It has donated more than $750,000 to charities over three years, including World Vision, the Red Cross and Oxfam."

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    thriftysu on 24/11/2023 - 12:06

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    Wow, this is pretty interesting.. thanks, definitely puts their "vision" into perspective for me. It's interesting looking up articles on this now

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    space cadet on 24/11/2023 - 12:28

    There was also an article a few years back on a high spend on travel and hospitality, which even on a per-staff-member basis was well above what could be considered reasonable.

    I've also avoided this company ever since. I'd rather just donate directly to the causes I'm interested in - either with money or my time. Thankyou are effectively a middleman for your donation, taking a cut along the way. Only you don't get to decide where your money ultimately ends up, nor how much of a clip they get to take.

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  bargainperson on 24/11/2023 - 11:33

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  Thanks OP, I got sick of using disposable plastic hand wash so I've upgraded to aluminum

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  Classical on 05/12/2023 - 17:45

  Still waiting for my order to be dispatch….