Byline: David Jackson; 1998-03-22; The Chicago Tribune;
Tags: exposing fraud, Miracle merchants, The Christian children's Fund
Article Links". . .To some of those the charity promised to serve, that remains an open question.The fund's colorful annual reports list the tangible advances made by its most successful projects around the world, highlighting the aqueducts that bring water to some 240 Colombian families and the grant that gave Gambian doctors 250,000 doses of meningitis vaccines for children. CCF was among the first child sponsorship agencies to stop giving handouts to residents of developing countries, because it found that method of philanthropy fostered dependency and invited employee fraud. . ."
Description:David Jackson investigates the legitimacy of the Christian Children's Fund.
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