Latter was a thing we utilized for a friend who was in Venezuela and in the process of running away to Spain (now got his asylum application approved etc), but: That came with a significant cut on the part of the middleman. Hard to believe same wouldn't apply here.
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So when you send money, a lot of it is eaten up by middlemen and scalpers.
Donating to well-vetted organizations that are on site is not without its own issues, but does not have the issues I stated above.