NGO's Whom to believe?!! Plan India, Legion, Nirvana and maybe a few more like this??

I WAS SITTING IN MY OFFICE WORKING WHEN ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE APPROACHED BY THiS WELL DRESSED GIRL WITH FLUENT ENGLISH (FANTASTIC PR SKILLS) AND WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR A GOOD CAUSE. 

THE CAUSE/THEME OF DISCUSSION WAS GIRLS AND "WOMEN GETTING RAPED IN INDIA" AND THE LACK AWARENESS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT MANY UNKNOWN ACTIVITIES. THIS GOT US ALL ALERT AND CURIOUS OF HOW WE CAN  CONTRIBUTE. WE WERE ALMOST ALREADY KEEN TO BE A PART OF THIS BY THE INITIAL PITCH.

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AFTER ALL THE BACKGROUND SHE MENTIONED ABOUT CONTRIBUTIONS VIA CHEQUE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OUR SOCIETY. I SAW THEIR WEBSITE AND ASKED IF I COULD DO IT ONLINE AND SHE ASKED ME NOT TO DO IT THROUGH THE WEBSITE. THIS GOT ME REALLY CURIOUS........


SHE EXPLAINED SHE DOES NOT WORK FOR PLAN INDIA AS AN EMPLOYEE BUT TAKING A BREAK AND TRYING TO HELP OUT AND SHE WOULD NEED THE PHYSICAL FORM TO BE FILLED.  
WE ASKED FOR AN ID CARD OR EVEN A BUSINESS CARD SHE EXPLAINED HOW SHE IS TAKING A BREAK FROM HER NORMAL WORK AND TRYING TO HELP THE CAUSE HENCE SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN ID.

WHEN I TOLD HER I WOULD NEED SOME TIME TO THINK I FOUND HER A BIT PUSHY HERE SAYING I CAN WAIT FOR SOME MORE TIME OR COME BACK IN SOME TIME OR BY 8 PM WHILE SHE GETS OFF THE WORK TO COLLECT THE PAYMENTS.

A SIMPLE RESEARCH ON THE WEB - "BEWARE! MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WORK FOR DIRECT MARKETING COMPANIES AND NOT THE NGO'S THAT THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT! THEY WORK FOR WELL KNOWN NGO'S LIKE PLAN INDIA,CRY ETC.THEY ACTUALLY WORK FOR COMPANIES LIKE CROSSACKS, SYMMETRY, TANGENT, VELOCITY, NIRVANA, ZEALLYONS, CAMEO, ACME, CRESCENT, VISION AND APPCO.MOST OF THEM WORK ON A 40% TO 50% COMMISSION."
THEY INSIST ON COLLECTING CHEQUE IN PERSON AND NOT LET YOU ONLINE OR COURIER TO THE NGO

ANOTHER SEARCH GIVES ALL THE RELATED COMPANIES HAVING SAME ADDRESS AND ALSO ADVERTISING MARKETING JOBS

MY ADVICE: DO YOUR CHARITY BUT DO IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. DONT GET EMOTIONAL BY SMART MARKETING EXECUTIVES WHOSE INTENTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE FOCUSED ON THEIR CUT RATHER THAN THE CAUSE ITSELF

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