I understand your concern Monty.
I do not give to big charities as a big chunk of it goes into Admin. I also would not trust certain people just to hand things over as it does not always get to the children, that is why I agreed to work with Amanda. So far any money donated has been spent on the children to buy shoes, coats etc. , and in fact amanda has added her own money to buy more. every donation is added to our website www.orphanagestoikite-bg.org . and is accounted for.
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I understand your concern Monty.
I do not give to big charities as a big chunk of it goes into Admin. I also would not trust certain people just to hand things over as it does not always get to the children, that is why I agreed to work with Amanda. So far any money donated has been spent on the children to buy shoes, coats etc. , and in fact amanda has added her own money to buy more. every donation is added to our website www.orphanagestoikite-bg.org . and is accounted for.
The money being collected for the heating fund is going to build up and will not be touched until needed. We have not looked further than that yet, but you can be assured that we will look for the best prices and get a few quotes. Not one leva will be wasted. Our website has been done for free and Andie gives her time for free and Amanda pays whatever it costs to run it out of her own funds. Obviously amanda and myself would not take one leva or penny in whatever we do, ever.
I don't suppose there are any plumbers out there who would like to help - well I can only ask !
Re your question about adoption. My father recently received a response from the chief Ex. of Childrens High Level Group in London. They have been working with governments and the authorities in several E.european countries and are soon to go to Bg.he said one of their central aims is to move children out of institutions and into loving families by building systems to ensure parents can care for their own children and by improving national fostering and adoption programmes for children who are separated from their families. This will probably take years, but at least now something is being done.
Carole sorry "Quick Question" but long reply
any donations made through either paypal or just giving have a 5% charge, on them also for a just giving account the charity has to £15 plus VAT per month to be registared, sorry just people keep mentioning this as a way of donating to the fund thats all. its ok for large charities but for small fund raising its a lot of additional costs.