[Buddha-l] Dana

[Joy Vriens]

Hi Mike,

> What are your preferred charities - and why?

Médecins sans frontières and Aide & Action on a regular base. The Red 
Cross, irregularly but unfortunately at a more and more regular basis 
with the current rate of disasters. Aide & Action (There must be an 
equivalent in the English speaking world, but I don't know the name) 
provides children all over the world with free non-confessional 
schooling, which I think is extremely important. You can choose for a 
personal contact with the children or for general sponsorhip. I started 
off with the personal contact formula, but it creates too much of an 
obligation for the child. When the child dropped out of the teaching 
programme because its parents needed him to work on the fields, I became 
a general benefactor.

Joy