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with Charity Navigator or other? such organizations? I have been donating to an small Christian orphan program in India.
My dilemma is: I had previously had no problem donating via Paypal (I am in the U.S.). Now all of a sudden, the pastor of the orphan program is saying that Paypal is no longer passing along payments to India, and that I would need to do Western Union, or set up an account with SBI (some bank of India, apparently). I am leery of this, and this really seems like a lot of trouble to go through. I am used to dealing with larger charities like World Vision that accept credit card payments, but I really want to continue to sponsor this particular orphan, I just don't understand why it has to be so difficult or to know if I am really doing any good.
My dilemma is: I had previously had no problem donating via Paypal (I am in the U.S.). Now all of a sudden, the pastor of the orphan program is saying that Paypal is no longer passing along payments to India, and that I would need to do Western Union, or set up an account with SBI (some bank of India, apparently). I am leery of this, and this really seems like a lot of trouble to go through. I am used to dealing with larger charities like World Vision that accept credit card payments, but I really want to continue to sponsor this particular orphan, I just don't understand why it has to be so difficult or to know if I am really doing any good.