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[Diane Demorney]

I want to "buy" a farm animal to donate to a family in India (in my Dad's name), but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to do it. Can anyone give me a name of a good charity that does this?

Thanks in advance.
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[sparqui]

Diane, I used Heifer International before for xmas gifts:

They're based in Arkansas and loosely affiliated with a religious group but they seem like good people. (For some reason I had a glitch and needed to chat with them by phone. Was impressed by how helpful and kind they were.)

Plan Canada (used to be Foster Parents Plan) also has a similar donation program:

http://plancanada.ca/giftsofhope/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=6&c...
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[Diane Demorney]

Perfect, sparqui! Exactly what I was looking for...


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Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitates lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. And as it always has, rock crushes scissors.

[Diane Demorney]

So, I went to Plan Canada (at sparqui's suggestion) and did a donation of literacy to two women in the developing world. As my dad & mum gave me the love of reading as a gift, I thought dad would appreciate this "pay it forward" gift...
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Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitates lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. And as it always has, rock crushes scissors.

[fork]

Not that it would make a difference with donations of farm animals, but FYI, Plan Canada was one of signatories to the letter backing Harper's anti-choice maternal health initiative. See my post here.

[sparqui]

I was appalled by the number of what I consider respected, secular aid orgs that were signatories, fork.
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[fork]

Yeah, I think it`s difficult to find one that`s pure. And as I said, it`s not going to make much of a difference with farm animal donations. I guess I was adding that information for people to consider if they were weighing programs from several different organizations that otherwise appear equal.