Re: Introducing the Bitcoin100: A Kickstarter for Charities

Operation USA is a much better option than Red Cross. Their overhead is miniscule, and it is one of the largest relief NGO. Richard Walden, the director, gave me four duffel bags of medication to bring with me to a hospital in rural Nicaragua...like, had me come in to one of their warehouses and walked around with me loading up bags with things he knew to be in short supply there. I'd like to see the red cross provide direct relief like that, without worrying about taking credit or how it is getting there. It blew my mind, and was immensely appreciated by the recipients.

Side note, I made it through US and Nicaragua customs with 8000 aspirin and a myriad of tampons, bandages, antibiotics, and surgical equipment, no questions asked.

www.opusa.org

Anyone wishing for their philanthropy to actually make it to those in need should take note.

I'm not American and the name of this charity sounds like everything I hate in the universe.
Didn't they make a movie about this with puppets? (they blew up Paris and Kim Jong Il sang a song about being 'so ronery')

You're thinking about the movie "Team America" whereas Operation USA (www.opusa.org) is an international relief agency that helps communities abroad and at home overcome the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. They also have several long-term projects promoting education and health services worldwide.

Don't worry! Others may have also made that same mistake. Hope that clears this up for you. Thank you kindly for supporting Bitcoin100, dancupid.

~Bruno~

I doubt there are many people outside of America who don't laugh and then feel slightly nauseous and then feel empathic embarrassment when the hear their name - but if they need to make right wing middle Americans feel patriotic in order for them to give to charity then that's what they need to do. But the rest of the world laughs at this kind of thing - and for the record I don't want any of my bitcoins going to them.

To the contrary, there are a vast number of people all over the world who definitely don't laugh when they hear their name. No one from that hospital in Siuna laughed when I told them who sent those thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies. For you to oppose an effective relief organization because of its name is downright ignorant, and racist to boot.

But hey, my motto is, 'you should probably just do whatever you want.' If you are bound to your ignorance and prejudices, so be it. That's your right...but seriously, you should read things before criticizing them.

Just a little side note for you...Canada fucked the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua, not the US.