World Vision Children...A Scam??? Please Help!?

I am from a third world country. Thank you all for helping. Thanks.I am not rich,my salary is like about500 dollars a month, but I also try to help. I send my helpers to college. One of my previous helper is already an elementary school teacher. Thanks for the help. We cannot depend on our government. Self help. Thanks.

World Vision Children is legit. They spend about $800 mil total annually. Breakdown: 86.4% of donated money goes to the children. As a comparison, Red Cross (a model of efficiency) spends 91.5% on services. 8.4% goes to fund-raising (mostly those TV commercials). http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4768.htm They're also on the BBB's national list of charities. http://charityreports.bbb.org/Public/Report.aspx?CharityID=2544

It's not a scam. World Vision is actually one of the most reputable charities in the country. Thirty dollars is not worth that much here, but in third world countries that is a lot of money. World vision makes the monthly amount small so that it is affordable for people on tight budgets. Most of those kids end up with multiple sponsors and the combined money goes to pay for food, educational services, medical care, and community projects such as wells. Tyff Taff, The one dollar a month is the allowance for general household needs. The families are not given the money directly. World Vision pays for educational and medical costs and provides the family with food.

I'd look at SOS Children as well (www.soschildren.org) They use 100% of your sponsorship to give a family to an orphaned or abandoned child, and have a dedicated mother caring for a family of kids. With over 123 countries to choose from it is hard to decide where to support but I'm glad there is this choice so you are not limited. You get a picture of your child and background details when you start and through the year you get updates about how your sponsored child is doing. Hope the info is useful.

I HAVE BEEN SPONSORING VONEKADALF FOR 5 YEARS AND ITS NOT A SCAM. ITS REALLY REWARDING. THEY SEND YOU PICS AND LETTERS ONCE A YEAR. ITS GREAT, THE BESTTHING IVE EVER DONE, GO FOR IT!

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4768#.Utv7wqwo5Ms This site shows the break down of the company. I give to them and it seems very legit, but the president does bring home quite a bit of money each year (400,000.00 or so). Decide for yourself.

In response to Miles: Do you not realize that people have to make a living somehow? If it weren't for those people in that building working for this organization that helps the lives of other people then children and families in third world countries would be suffering even more than what they already are. So yes, I sure am happy to see the volunteers of these organizations getting their little compensation to also help pay their bills and put food on their own tables so that they can get up each and every morning and go to work to make the lives of others less fortunate better. Its a selfless job and if you actually did your research on it, you would see that the pay for these employees at these organizations are very small. Less than minimal wage actually. They don't do it for the money, like I said its a selfless career. As for the very nice building that was built for these employees to work in, guess what the money that sponsors donate wasn't used for the building. If you would've done your research before making your obscure claim, our U.S government helped to finance this building, thats right us tax payers. And I am certainly happy to see my hard earned taxes go toward and building of such amazing use. So next time before you start making false claims, do your research. Google is a wonderful source of information ;)

The child from World Vision doesnt come and live with you or anything... its not a scam. My family and I sponsor one, and we get letters from her(she lives in India) and they're written in Indian and translated in English. She tells us stories of her family, daily life, ect. She also sends us very nice pictures! Next summer, my family and I might be going out to see her. Its a great program and it really helps children in need... you get to pick out your child to! World Vision(people who volunteered) finds these children-some with or without homes and take them in. Then, you pay for their food, school, and clothes.

.I had been talking to my grandmother whos friend did research on it because she had adopted one she told my grandmother after really looking into it the children are only getting 1.00$ out of it. sad