While Houston has seen an incredible influx of donations following Hurricane Harvey ranging from clothing, food, housing, an Africa-based charity is harping on the one thing missing from the list: cold, hard cash.
A report by Vox highlights the work of a charity called GiveDirectly , an organization that mostly works in East Africa, and chooses to donate cash instead of items to those still reeling from the storm. It uses electronic transfers of money, and gave out debit cards pre-loaded with $1,500 to the Harvey victims of Rose City, Texas. They see their work in Rose City as a […]
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