Authenticity of International Help Organizations?

UlfJack wonders: "I've been thinking about donating money, especially to organizations like Plan USA, who are doing what they can to help people in Third World countries. However I found it very difficult to check the authenticity of these organizations, so I'm trying to cross-check multiple independent sources. Has anyone figured out an easy way to do this?"

Comments

Simple.

[tod_miller]

Go to av.com, google.com, amazon.com and look for the organisation that they recommend.

Basically, trust comes not through computing, but through inplied trust.

You trust google to know which companies to link to.

Of course, a centralised website should exist that gives an easy API for charities to take donations, give feedback, be accountable and of course, this should be government run, and be worldwide, and have the IRS (the only people you can really trust when it comes ot money, and by IRS I mean the inland revenue of your country) poking at it with a big stick.

that is my opinion. for now, look at av.com and donate to thier link button.