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Maggy, sorry to be bothering you again, but I may have another suggestion for the site. Before I post on the site about it, I would like to be sure that the company and the work it does is legit (not that I am suspicious or anything, but ....).

Have you heard of CHOCaid? I recently purchased a box of their chocolates from a supermarket for a friend. Like BandAid and LiveAid, the company sells chocolates and a THIRD of the purchase price goes to worthy projects all round the world. The recipient can log on to the CHOCaid webiste and choose from a list of charity projects to send the donation to.

Their blurb is as follows:

Chocolates that make a difference

* £1400 gives the 15 families in Bahia, a remote Brazilian village, the opportunity to buy land and goats - long term food security

* £2600 gives 10 widows and their children in Wonji, Ethiopia, cows and start up money to support themselves for the future.

Samples from the 20+ projects you can fund with CHOCaid.com

CHOCaid.com produces high quality chocolate treats, and works in partnership with developing world charities to ensure sustainable food and water supplies are available to communicate who don't yet have these basics. Gorta, founded in Ireland in 1965, are CHOCaids' first project charity partner. They make it happen in the field.

How does CHOCaid.com work?

Firstly, the buyer of this gift has donated a full THIRD of their purchase price to help people in the developing countries provide themselves with food and water.

As the receiver of this gift, you have the satisfaction and fun of choosing which specific project should receive that donation. By keeping in touch, you can also watch your project funds grow.

Of course you also receive some great chocolate!

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That's the end of the blurb.

What trouble's me rather, is, what happens to all those THIRDS paid for if people DON'T log on and tell them which project to donate the money to?

Hi Mirror,

Just to say that my 'Chocolate World' from Chocaid arrived in time for Christmas (extremely swift delivery) and was utterly delicious.

After you get the choc you have to log onto the website again and click on what charity you want to support. Some good ones...

Oh, and I loved the slogan on the chocolate 'Eat chocolate, stop world hunger.'

Thanks so much for telling me about it! Now I've got to get it on the website somehow!

Maggy