Donating for Afghanistan Earthquake Relief

Donating for Afghanistan Earthquake Relief

On Sunday, October 8th, an estimated two thousand people were killed or injured due to earthquakes that took place in northwestern Afghanistan. For those seeking to donate to charities engaged in relief efforts, BBB Wise Giving Alliance recommends supporting experienced disaster relief charities. New organizations may have difficulty in following through even if they have the best of intentions. The following list of BBB Accredited Charities (i.e., meets the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability) are soliciting for Afghanistan relief efforts. This list will be expanded as additional BBB Accredited relief organizations come to our attention.   

CARE

Direct Relief

GlobalGiving

Helping Hand for Relief and Development

International Medical Corps

International Rescue Committee

Islamic Relief USA

Mercy Corps

World Vision

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 ABOUT BBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB’s Give.org) is a standards-based charity evaluator that seeks to verify the trustworthiness of nationally soliciting charities by completing rigorous evaluations based on 20 holistic standards that address charity governance, results reporting, finances, fundraising, appeal accuracy and other issues. National charity reports are produced by BBB’s Give.org and local charity reports are produced by local Better Business Bureaus – all reports are available at Give.org.