Indian charity affilliated with Australia?

Katya · Dec 27th, 2008, 18:30

Hi IMers (and especially Aussie IMers)

While travelling in India we avoided making 'donations' and giving to beggars, with the promise that we would donate to a reputable charity working in India on our return to Australia.

Can anyone recommend an Indian based charity to donate to that is based in or affiliated with Australia? If the charity is registered in Oz, then our donations are tax deductable, therefore we can give twice as much, and be twice as effective in our giving.

I guess we could always give to UNICEF or Word Vision, but we would prefer to give to an Indian specific charity, as we feel somehow connected to all the people we saw on our travels that we couldn't help at the time, and this is a way of returning something to them, even if not personally.

iwanttogoback · Dec 28th, 2008, 10:19

platform kids, helping the kids who beg on indian railway platforms.

http://platformkids.org.au/

nirmalkennedy · Jan 9th, 2009, 23:20

Hi!

Kindly contact this Australian organisation that work in India http://www.mamreinternational.org/.

pippi · Jan 10th, 2009, 03:21

maybe this is, what you are looking for....

www.tewfi.org

greetings
Pippi

zoltan · Jan 10th, 2009, 13:40

Pippi beat me to it.

I've given to TEWFI in the past and have attended a couple of their fundraising programs.

I think they're about as legitimate as they come and, the donations are tax deductible here.

Cheers
Zoltan

Dec 27th, 2008, 18:30	#1
Katya Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 31	Indian charity affilliated with Australia? Hi IMers (and especially Aussie IMers) While travelling in India we avoided making 'donations' and giving to beggars, with the promise that we would donate to a reputable charity working in India on our return to Australia. Can anyone recommend an Indian based charity to donate to that is based in or affiliated with Australia? If the charity is registered in Oz, then our donations are tax deductable, therefore we can give twice as much, and be twice as effective in our giving. I guess we could always give to UNICEF or Word Vision, but we would prefer to give to an Indian specific charity, as we feel somehow connected to all the people we saw on our travels that we couldn't help at the time, and this is a way of returning something to them, even if not personally. __________________ Ye hai India, darling!

Jan 9th, 2009, 23:20	#3
nirmalkennedy Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: India Posts: 4	Hi! Kindly contact this Australian organisation that work in India http://www.mamreinternational.org/. Last edited by Aishah : Jan 10th, 2009 at 09:07. Reason: deleting email address

Jan 10th, 2009, 13:40	#5
zoltan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 899	Pippi beat me to it. I've given to TEWFI in the past and have attended a couple of their fundraising programs. I think they're about as legitimate as they come and, the donations are tax deductible here. Cheers Zoltan __________________ India (and other) photos click here

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