Oxfam was my first choice as well -- the UK version (which I went to because it was easier for me to use my Sterling account) was equally on the ball.
Later Alternet suggested AmeriCares (https://secure.americares.org/site/Donation2?idb=78993387&df_id=5083&5083.donation=form1), and having sussed that charity out I gave them some dosh as well: they apparently bully donations of supplies, etc., out of the pharma companies and the like, so that essentially what your money's doing is paying to get the stuff there and distribute it on the ground; i.e., every dollar you give translates into a shitload of actual relief.
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Oxfam was my first choice as well -- the UK version (which I went to because it was easier for me to use my Sterling account) was equally on the ball.
Later Alternet suggested AmeriCares (https://secure.americares.org/site/Donation2?idb=78993387&df_id=5083&5083.donation=form1), and having sussed that charity out I gave them some dosh as well: they apparently bully donations of supplies, etc., out of the pharma companies and the like, so that essentially what your money's doing is paying to get the stuff there and distribute it on the ground; i.e., every dollar you give translates into a shitload of actual relief.