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Looking for a list or lists of Buddhist charities.

Many thanks in advance to any who can help!

Hello. Here are a few.

Charities Founded by Theravada Buddhists

Buddhist Relief Mission provides assistance and supplies to hospitals and to orphanages, funds schools, provides emergency relief, and offers aid to Burmese refugees fleeing from a brutal dictatorship into India. The charity also helps to rehabilitate prisoners in the U.S. who want to practice Buddhism in prison and heal their minds.
http://www.brelief.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Buddhist Global Relief was founded by Bhikkhu Bodhi to fight global hunger.
http://buddhistglobalrelief.org/main.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Khmer Buddhist Relief provides food, wells, shelter, and schools to people in need in Cambodia.
http://www.khmerbuddhistrelief.org/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dhamma Moli protects, shelters, and educates vulnerable girls in Nepal.
http://www.dhammamoli.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you, sukhamanveti!

There was a thread here on DW a few months ago which listed a few more charities. I couldn't find it a moment ago, but perhaps a more determined search would locate it.

Kim

Also

http://www.tzuchi.org/

To appicchato, Kim and Dan: thanks for your responses! I will review all of these.

Kim O'Hara wrote:There was a thread here on DW a few months ago which listed a few more charities. I couldn't find it a moment ago, but perhaps a more determined search would locate it.

Kim

I think this is the one you're referring to: http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2096" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yllyrryon wrote:Looking for a list or lists of Buddhist charities.

Many thanks in advance to any who can help!

What's the difference between Buddhist charities and non Buddhist charities...?

Annapurna wrote:

Yllyrryon wrote:Looking for a list or lists of Buddhist charities.

Many thanks in advance to any who can help!

What's the difference between Buddhist charities and non Buddhist charities...?

Good question. Mostly no difference ~ maybe just in focus. Some international charities may not be interested in, say, making Dhamma Books available free of charge, or providing dana for the support of monks.

with metta
Chris

Personally, i would like to give to charities, especially those that deal with hunger and other relief efforts that:

1. Don't involve the killing of animals.
2. Don't require people to listen to religious doctrines (or convert) in order to receive aid. I heard conservative Christians talk about using the Haiti earthquake to further their own agenda.

If a charity doesn't use a disaster to further its own religious agenda, i could give to it. How are the ones listed in previous posts on these two points?

Tex wrote:

Kim O'Hara wrote:There was a thread here on DW a few months ago which listed a few more charities. I couldn't find it a moment ago, but perhaps a more determined search would locate it.

Kim

I think this is the one you're referring to: http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2096" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks, Tex. It is relevant but it isn't the one I'm thinking of.
I just looked through it again because of Sattva's question, because I remember someone posting a link to a site which assessed the effectiveness of various charities, and that isn't in the thread you found.

It's still a mystery - sorry, Sattva!


Kim

cooran wrote:

Annapurna wrote:

Yllyrryon wrote:Looking for a list or lists of Buddhist charities.

Many thanks in advance to any who can help!

What's the difference between Buddhist charities and non Buddhist charities...?

Good question. Mostly no difference ~ maybe just in focus. Some international charities may not be interested in, say, making Dhamma Books available free of charge, or providing dana for the support of monks.

with metta
Chris

Thank you, Chris.

Meritable!

But where would the money for printing the books and feeding the monks come from?

Transparency here would be important for the donator I feel. We hear so often that donated money doesn't arrive where it was supposed to go.

It's interesting for me, because I am at present looking for a rain forest organisation, I may have found one, but need to find out more.

metta,

Anna

If it is of interest to anyone, I run Dhamma Aid Cambodia http://www.parami.org/dhammaaidcambodia/. We are not a registered charity...It has been a private project funded by friends and family. If you are not uncomfortable with that, donations are welcome.