I support NGOs back in Russia from where I emigrated when I was 17, because I am more familiar with the state of things there and it makes me feel a tiny bit better knowing I can help at least somehow.
I donate to OVD-INFO, which helps unlucky residents of Russia who are victims of police/state injustice. They provide lawyers, general rights information for convicted people and have free hotline for those who find themselves repressed by police/state https://ovdinfo.org/
I also donate to https://nuzhnapomosh.ru which is an NGO that supports various charities that fill in the gaps left by Russia’s state support to people in need. My grandmother was ill with dementia and in most of Russia there is no even basic support for people with such difficult illnesses. Through this NGO I am able to choose that my donations go to an organization supporting families with bedridden family members.
I also support Charity:Water on events like birthdays and big holidays where I ask people to donate instead of giving me a gift. I like Charity:water because 100% of private (non-business) donations goes to build wells and provide clean water and because of the impact it has.
I also support organizations planting trees and preventing forest fires in a similar manner, on birthdays and big events. I simply love trees and forests.
Oh, I also love https://worldbicyclerelief.org/ and have donated to them several times through friends’ campaigns and personally. I love cycling and giving a durable vehicle that helps someone move and move things is seriously a good idea in my view.
I donate to OVD-INFO, which helps unlucky residents of Russia who are victims of police/state injustice. They provide lawyers, general rights information for convicted people and have free hotline for those who find themselves repressed by police/state https://ovdinfo.org/
I also donate to https://nuzhnapomosh.ru which is an NGO that supports various charities that fill in the gaps left by Russia’s state support to people in need. My grandmother was ill with dementia and in most of Russia there is no even basic support for people with such difficult illnesses. Through this NGO I am able to choose that my donations go to an organization supporting families with bedridden family members.
I also support Charity:Water on events like birthdays and big holidays where I ask people to donate instead of giving me a gift. I like Charity:water because 100% of private (non-business) donations goes to build wells and provide clean water and because of the impact it has.
I also support organizations planting trees and preventing forest fires in a similar manner, on birthdays and big events. I simply love trees and forests.