Other Global Charities

There are a small number of high-impact charities that are active in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OpT), as well as in Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kashmir, Somalia and elsewhere.

A leading organisation like UNRWA which manages large schools, clinics, and off-site camps is understandably going to have sizeable expenses given their enlarged footprint, impact, headcount, and infrastructure – while a small charity with for e.g., 2-3 volunteers may spend much smaller amounts on expenses, but in terms of scale, will also have a much smaller reach compared to UNRWA, Oxfam and others.

A large, established charity will also likely have the experience and local connectivity to assess what is needed today, tomorrow and in the medium to long term while a small charity might be able to operate with minimal complexity and move much faster.

Put simply, there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

Given their history, track record, reach, impact, commitment and achievements to-date, running a charity is about delivering aid (with full accountability) which understandably – always costs money.

Each of these leading 70+ charities/NGOs play a very important role in their own respective way.

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	CHARITY/NGO	% SPENT ON EXPENSES
1	Ummah Welfare Trust	100% Donation Policy
2	One Nation	100% Donation Policy
3	Islamic Aid	100% Donation Policy
4	Muslim Global Relief	100% Donation Policy
5	One Ummah	100% Donation Policy
6	Abdullah Aid	100% Donation Policy
7	SKT Welfare	100% Donation Policy
8	Global Helping Hands	100% Donation Policy.
9	Children of Adam	100% Donation Policy.
10	Muslims in Need	100% Donation Policy.
11	United Palestinian Appeal	98% Donation Policy
12	Muslim Hands	0-10%
13	Action for Humanity	3-10%
14	Muslim Charity	0-12%
15	Islamic Relief	4-13%
16	Anera	6%
17	Première Urgence Internationale	6%
18	International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement	6.5%
19	Disasters Emergency Committee	7.3%
20	Children of Peace	9%
21	Relief International UK	9%
22	MAA (Australia)	6-9%
23	iF Charity	10%
24	ActionAid	10%
25	CARE	10%
26	Medical Aid for Palestinians	13%
27	Catholic Agency for Overseas Development	13%
28	Christian Aid	13%
29	Humanity Inclusion	14%
30	Save the Children	14%
31	Physicians for Human Rights	15% (On Average)
32	SOS Children’s Villages	16%
33	Plan International UK	17%
34	Penny Appeal	17.84%
35	Middle East Children’s Alliance	18%
36	MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES	19%
37	Human Concern	20%
38	Rebuilding Alliance	20%
39	World  Vision UK	21%
40	Oxfam International	23%
41	UNRWA
42	Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
43	Muslim Aid
44	Human Appeal
45	Global Relief Trust
46	Defense for Children International (Palestine)
47	Action Against Hunger
48	War Child
49	Norwegian Refugee Council
50	Palestine International Medical Aid (PIMA)
51	Gift of the Givers Foundation
52	MyCare Malaysia
53	Aman Palestine
54	Arab Campaign for Education for All
55	Palestine Red Crescent Society
56	Baitulmaal USA
57	American Friends Service Committee
58	Al-Fakhoora
59	Reach Education Fund
60	Al-Amal Institute for Orphans
61	Challenge to Change
62	UNICEF
63	World Food Programme (WFP)
64	World Health Organisation (WHO)
65	UNHCR
66	UNDP
67	UN-OCHA
68	UN Women
69	UN-Habitat
70	UNFPA
71	Mercy Corps
72	OHCHR

Source: Ayaan Institute: Aiding the Ummah : Analysing the Muslim Humanitarian Charity Sector in the UK), click here.

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OTHER OPTIONS:

The costs of sending donations into Gaza are exploitatively high.

For example, if one were to send HK$2,000 into Gaza via PayPal, Western Union or MoneyGram, they will stealthily quote an FX rate that is approximately 4% higher than the official FX rate (HK-USD-Shekels). Next, they will charge approximately HK$150+ for the transfer, costing in total no less than 8%-12%, of the amount one is trying to send.

Put simply, for every US$100 sent into Gaza, Western Union, PayPal and others will unashamedly pocket up to $12+ for itself. They will likely claim the regulatory compliance cost is high and while this is partly true, 12% is astronomically high by any standard.

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LaunchGood, JustGiving, DonorBox, GoFundMe & MuslimGiving

There are also several crowdfunding platforms today.

PLATFORM	CHARGES
LaunchGood	2.9% credit card processing fee + 0.30 cents
JustGiving	between 1.9%-2.9%
GoFundMe	2.9% credit card processing fee + 0.30 cents
Donorbox	4.4%
MuslimGiving	Voluntary fees decided by users