<p>Hi everyone :)
I recently travelled to one of the poorest parts of India and it really moved me and influenced my outlook on third world countries. I came up with the idea of creating my own non profit organization!</p>
<p>Basically, I want to gather a bunch of youth who are willing to fundraise. The funds will go to a company (e.g.: water, granola bars, basic medication) so that for every product they sell, they can give one to a someone in a third world country. </p>
<p>What do you guys think? I am most certainly doing this out of passion and true consideration for the people living there but do you think this can also help when applying to elite colleges/universities?</p>
<p>I think there’s probably already more than one established charity working to help the needy in India. I would be surprised if a new, small charitable organization started by somebody who’s about to become a full-time college student is ever going to raise enough money to distribute much of anything–let alone, do so on a long-term basis.</p>
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<p>I think they see it dozens of times, maybe even hundreds of times, every single year.</p>
<p>As a skeptical adult who sees hundreds of “I started this organization…” my questions to you would be: </p>
<p>1) You’ve exhausted the search for other organizations that already funnel money to impoverished areas in India? </p>
<p>2) What about your organization will do a better job than the ones already extant? </p>
<p>3) What efforts are you needlessly duplicating? </p>
<p>4) How is your organization going to meet both short term and sustained long term needs?</p>
<p>Basically, convince me that the newly started charity isn’t a resume padder – because as noble as it appears, it’s certainly nothing original. Nothing in your post suggests that the charity’s goals are paramount to your desire to start a charity.</p>
<p>If you really want to help, find an org that’s doing excellent work and engage them, and be an affiliate organization to raise money.</p>