Frequently Asked Questions

Please e-mail me if you have any further questions: charity.triathlon(at)yahoo.de.

Thank you for returning and for recommending this project to your friends and family.   

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Youth Network 

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For the answers, scroll down this page.
For more information on the charities, click on their logos above or on their pages in the menu of the left.

--  Why are you doing this?

--  How can I donate?

--  Are the beneficiaries trustworthy and will my donation be safe?

--  Why should I donate to a German charity?

--  Does anyone profit from this except the charities quoted?

--  Are the donations tax-deductible?

--  Why does this website look weird on my computer?

--  What will you do after August 1st?

Why are you doing this?

I explain on my About Me page. 
 

How can I donate?

You find detailed information as well as all contact and bank details on the pages introducing the four charities,
which you can reach by clicking on their logos displayed above or in the menu on the left. 
 

Are the beneficiaries trustworthy and will my donation be safe?

A definite yes to both questions:

All four organisations have excellent reputations and are recognised as non-profitable charities by the German or American state.

All online transactions are processed through encrypted web pages. 
 

Why should I donate to a German charity?

Well, Haiti is far from Germany, and medica mondiale  works internationally.

To support LGBT youth work, you have the choice between Lambda in Germany and the Matthew Shepard Foundation in the USA.
Both do an excellent job promoting diversity, compassion and (self-)acceptance, and both deserve your trust.  
 

Does anyone profit from this except the charities quoted?

No. Donations are made immediately to them; all other expenses are paid for privately.
 

Are the donations tax-deductible?

Donations to HaitiCare, medica mondiale and Lambda are tax-deductible for German residents;
donations to the Matthew Shepard Foundation are for US residents.

Unfortunately there is no way to realise this internationally.  

If you provide contact information with your donation, you will be sent receipts directly by the organisation/s.  

Why does this website look weird on my computer?

Well, I had hoped it wouldn't...

I'm not a web programmer but an ordinary person most familiar with office applications.
Therefore I used (quite dated) WYSIWYG software instead of an HTML editor.       

The site appears to work best with the Internet Explorer, but Firefox is alright, too, apart from some frames being displayed in grey instead of the green they should be. I haven't been able to test it with other browsers but hope that they will at least show the information.

If you are a computer wiz and fidgeting to offer help tweaking it, I will love to hear from you... :-) 

What will you do after August 1st?

I will enjoy the many other events of the Games week in Cologne and be a volunteer there.

Then I'll have to find words to thank you all for your fabulous generosity.

And after taking it easy for a few weeks, I'll look forward to doing this again in Cleveland: