Anonymous wrote:Have a look at some of the NGOs supported by USAID’s family planning programs: Pathfinder, PSI, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, PATH, Jhpiego, FHI360, Save the Children, the Population Reference Bureau, Georgetown’s Institute for Reproductive Health, Palladium, etc. There are many - some accept small donations, others do not.

Hey, I work on family planning programs for one of these! They are all good organizations and will use the money responsibly. That said...most of them won't be able to take your money specifically for family planning. All of us do work more broadly in maternal and child health, which includes family planning as a way of saving women's and children's lives (its one of the most effective interventions in preventing maternal death there is).

MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International)- the best in terms of providing access at scale to people in need- they focus on quality, equity, reaching adolescents, and cost-effectiveness. There isn't a better direct service provider out there. While they are a British NGO, you can donate through their US office for tax purposes: https://www.msiunitedstates.org/

Anonymous wrote:Children in those countries do not harm environment nearly as much as children in Western countries do. It would be better if you advised your family and friends to have less children. And have less children yourself.

And if the women in those countries do not want to have 5-10 children? Every child born into poverty means another mouth to feed, means there’s less money for school, means there’s more water to walk miles to get, means that girls get married off at younger ages… Absolutely people in developed countries use far, far more resources than those in poor countries. That doesn’t mean we should abandon the people who want to have fewer children in order to give their children better opportunities and an easier life.

Have a look at some of the NGOs supported by USAID’s family planning programs: Pathfinder, PSI, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, PATH, Jhpiego, FHI360, Save the Children, the Population Reference Bureau, Georgetown’s Institute for Reproductive Health, Palladium, etc. There are many - some accept small donations, others do not.

Children in those countries do not harm environment nearly as much as children in Western countries do. It would be better if you advised your family and friends to have less children. And have less children yourself.

Thank you for the reminder! I hadn’t donated to this group in years. https://www.unfpa.org/donate

Can anyone recommend a charity that assists women in developing countries with family planning? I recently read an estimate of how many births worldwide annually are "unwanted" pregnancies due to lack of reliable birth control, and I would love to support a charity that assists women with this. We do give to UNICEF, which I *think* does some of this work.
Putting this in the Environment forum because population growth is such an environmental problem, but obviously also this has impact for education and economic security of women and girls.