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Photos: Consumers Digest Lists Children International a Top Charity

Posted : Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:09:22 GMT
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Children's charity uses donations efficiently. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Digest magazine finds Children International, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization, a leading humanitarian relief organization working efficiently.

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The magazine lists Children International 22nd among other domestic Development/Humanitarian Relief organizations having spent 80 percent of its total expenses on programs that provide assistance to poor children and their families around the world with medical and educational support.

Consumers Digest researched nearly one thousand charities over a three-month period to discover which charities used their donations most efficiently. The report was based on each charity's financial reports and other documents submitted by each organization.

Children International President and CEO Jim Cook said, "I am proud of Children International's ability to work efficiently, especially in these challenging economic times. We work very hard to provide poor children with medical care and educational support, and we maximize the power of every dollar with strict accountability."

Children International received more than $142 million in direct public support from generous contributors, making it possible for the organization to effectively change the lives of hundreds of thousands of poor children and their families around the world.

About Children International:
Established in 1936, Children International is a nonprofit organization with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Children International's programs benefit more than 325,000 sponsored children and their families in 11 countries around the world including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Zambia, Honduras, India, the Philippines and the United States. For more information about Children International, visit http://www.children.org.

    For More Information Contact:

    Dolores Quinn Kitchin
    Public Relations
    Children International
    Direct: (816) 943-3730
    Cell: (816) 718-0711
    twitter.com/ChildrenInt

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