Islamic Relief, Save the Children and Cafod have all confirmed they are supporting the delivery of aid inside Syria.
Now the money is going through groups like Islamic Relief and Viva Palestina.
Islamic Relief, one of the nongovernmental organizations coordinating the relief efforts, said 1, 000 metric tons of aid is enough to feed 70, 000 people.
Citing valuation abuse, Forbes took two nonprofits off its largest charities list, Crista Ministries of suburban Seattle and Islamic Relief USA of Arlington, Va.
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Examples of the more than 30 organizations represented at the consultation include World Vision, Islamic Relief, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and Willow Creek Community Church.
Last year, Forbes described dubious accounting activities concerning valuation of deworming medicine like mebendazole and albendazole at international aid charities like Crista Ministries, Islamic Relief, World Vision and Operating Blessing.
Islamic Relief, which portrayed itself as an innocent victim, said at the time it planned to restate its financials, which were for the year 2010, to take into account diminished valuations.
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One charity, Islamic Relief USA of Alexandria, Va.
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These charities include the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and the Saudi High Commission, the official Saudi government organization for collecting and distributing aid, which the report accuses of ties with Hamas and Algerian extremists.
Citing questions over the accounting, Forbes last year took Islamic Relief and Seattle-area Crista Ministries off its largest-charities list, which is assembled on the basis of the amount of private donations received in the latest fiscal year.
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Part of the problem, though, for charities such as Interpal - and, indeed, Muslim Aid, Islamic Relief and many of the other major fundraising NGOs - is that much of the money they raise is, in fact, spent by someone else.
It needs to be emphasized here that contrary to Saudi claims that charities such as Al Haramain, the World Muslim League (WML), the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) are independent and non-governmental, there is conclusive evidence from Saudi sources that they are tightly controlled by the government and more often than not run by government officials.
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Vickers was also an incorporator and board member of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA).
That includes, for instance, evidence of Dr. Saleha Abedin's personal involvement with the International Islamic Committee on Woman and Child's affiliated organization, the International Islamic Council for Da'wah and Relief ( IICDR).
Neighbours and relief charities, including some with links to Islamic extremists, appear to be doing a better job of helping victims than the national authorities, at least in some blighted areas.
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