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Children holding plates wait in a queue to receive food at an orphanage run by a non-governmental organisation in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

Before you write out checks on Giving Tuesday, consider this

Finance

Checkbooks are out today, as potential donors try to maximize their charitable contributions.

Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes.

TOMS Shoes rethinks its ‘buy one, give one’ model of helping the needy

Development & Education

Tracking Charity: Experts worry effectiveness of bed nets is waning

Health & Medicine

Medical volunteers learn from mistakes made in rush to Haiti

Health & Medicine

The Promise and Perils of Playpump

Development & Education
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Amy Costello Introduces Tracking Charity Series

Reporter Amy Costello introduces her special series, Tracking Charity.

The World

A Global Investigation into “Doing Good”

Development & Education

In the months ahead, reporter Amy Costello will travel the world bringing you stories that look critically at the multibillion-dollar international aid industry.

The World

Haiti Medical Volunteers: Starting a Dialogue

Reporter Amy Costello will be speaking on Huffington Post Live to discuss problems about the way international emergency medicine is led, structured and staffed.

TOMS Shoes: Does Buy-One-Give-One Work?

Development & Education

TOMS shoe company is the subject of an investigation by reporter Amy Costello. Costello was The World’s Africa correspondent for many years.

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