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I wish I could have more confidence in charities. I wish that I could know for certain that 90% of what I give has a direct benefit, and only 10% is used for administration.

I have worked for charities where only 5% of donations actually filter through to where the giver wants them to go.

I have just read in BRW that in Australia 600 kids are diagnosed with cancer each year - and that there are 20 charities here to help them. That 20 should be 1. If these were for-profit corporations they would have merged long ago.

Then we have Madonna asking us to give to African children, even though:

The fact that orphans at a planned care centre in Malawi will be taught a curriculum based on Spirituality For Kids, a group linked to the Kabbalah school of mysticism to which Madonna adheres, could add to the cynicism.