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sponsor a young man in Thailand. It's $100-150/yr to put them through school.
The point? Bargain shop if you're going to sponsor a child. lol.
Seriously, I'm not religious and I wouldn't give my money to group like Compassion. I'm sure they do fine work but they probably pay their foreign missionaries enough to live comfortably and there are locally-run charities that don't do that.