My charity of choice is HALO/Helping and Loving Orphans because I know for sure that the funds go directly to the orphans. The founder/director, Betty Tisdale, has been supporting orphanages around the world since 1960 - yes, this is her 50th year! Mrs. Tisdale has never accepted wages/salary of any kind (uses donated flyer miles to travel to orphanages). No paid staff - HALO's is wholly staffed by volunteers. I am currently one of those volunteers. There is a TV movie on Mrs. Tisdale.
www.bettytisdale.com