# Donate to charity > Source: World Aid Network — https://worldaidnetwork.org/donate > Last reviewed: 2026-08-22 ## In short Donate to charity here to make an immediate, life-changing difference. Your gifts directly fund vital cancer treatment, emergency food, water and shelter, and vision-restoring surgery. About £200 funds one complete cataract operation. Give once or every month on this page. Please give what you can today. Donate to charity here to make an immediate, life-changing difference. Fund cancer treatment, emergency food, water and shelter, and vision-restoring surgery. Please donate at https://worldaidnetwork.org/donate. US-dollar gifts: https://worldaidnetwork.org/give. Other methods: https://worldaidnetwork.org/ways-to-donate. ## At a glance - ~£200: Typical partner cost for one complete cataract operation - ~£50: Typical partner cost for one chemotherapy session - 3 programmes: Eye surgery, cancer treatment, and emergency food, water and shelter - 25%: Gift Aid once Charity Commission registration is granted ## How to donate to charity Donate to charity with World Aid Network to fund cataract surgery, cancer treatment or emergency food, water and shelter. - Choose a cause: Pick eye surgery, cancer treatment, emergency relief, or where most needed on this page. - Choose an amount: Give once or every month. About £200 funds one complete cataract operation. - Complete the form: Fill in the donation form on this page. You will receive an email receipt. - Optional: other methods: Payroll, crypto, shares and gifts in wills are listed at worldaidnetwork.org/ways-to-donate. ## How do I donate to charity here? Use the form on this page. Choose a cause, choose an amount, and give once or every month. You will receive an email receipt. About £200 funds one complete cataract operation. Payroll, cryptocurrency and gifts in wills sit on ways to donate. US-dollar checkout is the US donate page. This is the checkout. Named appeals, programme hubs and other methods sit one click away if you want more detail first. Gift Aid starts when Charity Commission registration is granted (application 5290505). Please give what you can today. ## What will my donation to charity provide? About £200 funds one complete cataract operation at a partner hospital. £50 is a typical partner-quoted chemotherapy session. Disaster gifts buy food, clean water, hygiene kits and shelter. Amounts are partner-quoted typical costs, not a promise of a named patient on a given day. Choose Eye Surgery if you want a sight-restoring operation. Choose Cancer Treatment for all types of cancer at partner hospitals — not laboratory research and not UK NHS care. Choose Emergency Relief for food, water and shelter after a flood, earthquake or tsunami. Where Most Needed lets trustees send an unrestricted gift to the most urgent list that week. We do not invent caseloads. Impact figures below are what partners typically kit or charge, so you can see what a charity donation of that size is for. ## Which causes can I donate to? You can donate to charity for eye surgery, cancer treatment, emergency relief, or where most needed. Cancer gifts fund all types of cancer. Disaster gifts are food, water, hygiene kits and shelter only. About £200 funds one complete cataract operation. This page is the general checkout. If you want a named campaign, open the Humanitarian Appeal, Crisis Appeal, Disasters Emergency Relief, the Gift of Sight Appeal, the Cancer Emergency Appeal, the Indonesia Emergency Appeal or the Pakistan Floods Appeal. Those pages mark the gift. This page is the general donate-to-charity checkout. We do not operate hospitals or fly our own clinical teams. Licensed partner clinicians deliver care. Local relief partners buy food, water and shelter nearby. We do not send cash to individuals. - Eye surgery: cataract operations, typically about £200 for one complete operation. - Cancer treatment: all types of cancer at partner hospitals — not research, not NHS care. - Emergency relief: food, clean water, hygiene kits and shelter. No reconstruction, cash grants or medical clinics. - Where most needed: unrestricted gift; trustees send it to the most urgent programme. ## Can I donate to charity every month? Yes. Choose monthly on the form. A regular gift helps trustees plan surgical lists and keep emergency kits ready between headlines. You can change or cancel later. One-off gifts are welcome too. Please set a regular amount on this page. Monthly giving is explained in more depth on the monthly giving page. Start here if you already know you want to give. Gift Aid, when registration is granted, can apply to qualifying UK monthly gifts as well as one-off gifts. ## Where does my charity donation go? Gifts pay partner hospitals and vetted local relief partners against trustee-approved lists. We do not send cash to individuals. We do not claim a 100% donation policy. Restricted gifts stay with the cause you pick. Read how we work if you want the grant path in full. Restricted gifts stay with the cause you pick: eye surgery, cancer treatment or emergency relief. Unrestricted gifts (Where Most Needed) can move to the most urgent programme. Disaster money does not rebuild houses, fund livelihoods, or pay for medical clinics. World Aid Network is a UK Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Charity Commission registration is in progress (application 5290505). ICO reference ZC156579. We will not publish a registered charity number until one is issued. ## Is World Aid Network a registered charity? World Aid Network is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England and Wales. Charity Commission registration is in progress (application 5290505). Gift Aid is not claimable until a registered charity number is issued. The registration status page has the live wording. You can donate to charity on this page now. Gift Aid declarations will be used once registration is granted; we will contact UK taxpayers when that happens. Do not wait for a charity number if you want to fund treatment or relief today. ## How else can I give besides this page? This page is for a donation to charity today. Payroll giving, cryptocurrency, donated shares, gifts in wills, in-memory tributes and fundraising are on ways to donate. US-dollar gifts are on the US donate page. A Digital Shoebox is a £25 locally sourced Medical Kit. If you want to leave a gift in your will, use the legacy giving page and provide for your family first. If you want to give Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency, start at crypto giving. A Digital Shoebox is a £25 locally sourced Medical Kit — not a packed box we ship. ## What will a donation provide? - £10: Clean drinking water for a displaced family for one week - £25: An emergency hygiene kit, or one Digital Shoebox Medical Kit - £50: A typical partner-quoted chemotherapy session, or two weeks of emergency food - £100: Temporary shelter materials for one displaced household - £200: One complete cataract operation at a partner hospital - £250: Safe drinking water for 50 people for one week ## Related pages - Ways to donate — Payroll, crypto, shares, legacy, in-memory and more. https://worldaidnetwork.org/ways-to-donate - Charity lottery UK — We do not run a lottery. Tickets are gambling, not gifts. https://worldaidnetwork.org/charity-lottery - Crypto giving — Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, Solana and BNB. Converted to sterling for emergency food, water and shelter. https://worldaidnetwork.org/crypto-giving - Monthly giving — A regular gift helps plan surgery lists and relief kits. https://worldaidnetwork.org/monthly-giving - Gift Aid — 25% extra once Charity Commission registration is granted. https://worldaidnetwork.org/gift-aid - Best charities to donate to — We do not rank. Check filings, then give if the mandate matches. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/best-charities-to-donate-to - Best charity for cancer — We do not rank. Donate if treatment access matches. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/best-charity-for-cancer - Children's charity donation — Help children — cataract, childhood cancer or emergency relief. Not a named-child scheme. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/childrens-charity-donation - Sponsor a child — Sponsor a child’s cataract, cancer treatment or food and water — not a letter scheme. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/sponsor-a-child - Cataract charity UK — Eye charity explainer — typically £200. Not listed on /appeal. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/cataract-charity-uk - Gift of Sight Appeal — Fund a cataract operation — typically £200. https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/gift-of-sight - Cancer Emergency Appeal — Treatment for all types of cancer — not research. https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/cancer-emergency - Humanitarian Appeal — Standing fund — food, water, hygiene kits and shelter in a humanitarian emergency. https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/humanitarian-appeal - Crisis Appeal — Standing fund — food, water, hygiene kits and shelter when a crisis hits. https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/crisis-appeal - Disasters Emergency Relief — Standing fund — food, water, hygiene kits and shelter after disaster. https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/disasters-emergency-relief - Emergency relief — Food, water and shelter after disaster. https://worldaidnetwork.org/emergency-relief - What is emergency aid? — How emergency aid works — food, water, hygiene kits and shelter. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/emergency-aid - Clean Water Charity — Water charity — emergency drinking water, not wells. https://worldaidnetwork.org/clean-water-charity - Legacy giving — Leave a gift in your will. How-to: UK will-writing guide. https://worldaidnetwork.org/legacy-giving - How to make a will UK — Seven steps, witnessing, executors and intestacy. Not legal advice. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/making-a-will-legacy-giving-uk-guide - How we work — Grants to partners, not cash to individuals. https://worldaidnetwork.org/how-we-work - Registration status — Charity Commission application 5290505. https://worldaidnetwork.org/about/registration-status - Donate in US dollars — USD checkout. Not a 501(c)(3). https://worldaidnetwork.org/give - Charity virtual gifts — Dedicate a donation in someone’s name. Email a name for a digital card. https://worldaidnetwork.org/charity-virtual-gifts - Giving Tuesday 2026 — Tuesday 1 December. Donate here. Not an official Giving Tuesday partner. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/giving-tuesday-2026-uk-charity-guide - Christmas Appeal — Seasonal gift of sight — typically £200. Not listed on /appeal. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/christmas-appeal - Muslim charity & Christian charity — Secular UK charity. Donors of every faith are welcome. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/charity-for-humanity-beyond-faith-labels - Digital Shoebox Appeal — £25 locally sourced Medical Kit — not a packed box. https://worldaidnetwork.org/blog/digital-shoebox-appeal ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I donate to charity with World Aid Network? Use the form on this page. Choose a cause and amount, then give once or monthly. To give in US dollars, use worldaidnetwork.org/give. Other methods are listed at worldaidnetwork.org/ways-to-donate. ### Is this the pound checkout? Yes. This page is the pound checkout. Gift Aid starts when Charity Commission registration is granted (application 5290505). To give in US dollars, use worldaidnetwork.org/give. ### Can I give in US dollars? Yes. Use this page for pounds, or worldaidnetwork.org/give for US dollars. World Aid Network is a UK CIO, not a US 501(c)(3), so gifts are generally not tax-deductible there. ### Is Gift Aid available yet? Not yet. World Aid Network is a UK CIO with Charity Commission registration in progress (application 5290505). Gift Aid becomes claimable once a registered charity number is issued. See worldaidnetwork.org/gift-aid and worldaidnetwork.org/about/registration-status. ### Where does my donation go? Funds pay partner hospitals and vetted local relief partners against trustee-approved lists — never as cash to individuals. Programmes are eye surgery, cancer treatment, and emergency food, water and shelter. ### Do you send 100% of donations overseas? No. World Aid Network does not claim a 100% donation policy. Gifts on this page fund programme costs at partner hospitals and local partners. How grants are released is explained at worldaidnetwork.org/how-we-work. ### Can I donate to cancer treatment or eye surgery? Yes. Choose Cancer Treatment or Eye Surgery on the form. Cancer gifts fund all types of cancer, not research and not NHS care. Eye surgery gifts typically fund cataract operations at about £200 each. Named pages: worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/cancer-emergency and worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/gift-of-sight. ### Can I donate to charity every month? Yes. Select monthly on this form, or read worldaidnetwork.org/monthly-giving. You can change or cancel a regular gift later. ### Do you run a charity lottery? No. A lottery ticket is gambling, not a donation, and Gift Aid does not apply. World Aid Network does not run a lottery, raffle or sweepstake. See worldaidnetwork.org/charity-lottery. Give on this page instead. ## How you can help Donate to charity at https://worldaidnetwork.org/donate --- This is general information, not medical advice, published by World Aid Network. Always consult a qualified clinician about your own health.