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Is it better to donate money to local charities rather than global ones?

For

Local support directly helps your community.

Against

Global aid reaches people in more urgent danger.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • One I know for sure is my local food bank I have toured it and donated to make it stronger and bigger.
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  • By being locally charitable, you'll be helping spread a spirit of cooperation and communion that is at the heart of altruism.
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Against

  • Any amount of money will have a greater effect over there.
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  • You donate and they get nearly all of it into the hands of people in desperate poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
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