www.crisis.org.uk is a, possibly the, great Christmas charity.

In the year that marked the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, I would also strongly recommend www.rwandafund.org

Rwanda is an amazing country struggling, with real dignity, to rebuild itself and protect its citizens from more atrocities.

Finally, AIDS has been declared the world's worst ever crisis by the UN. Africa remains unacceptably poor, and bears the vast burden of suffering in the world. There are plenty of good charities in this field.

I love d_elf_king's suggestion (#98 above) and will be doing so.

Happy Christmas.