AvaazReviews of avaaz.org

I have been a member since 2010. I use a unique email address that is only available to Avaaz and I have never received spam (i.e. people here claiming to get spam from Avaaz are obviously getting the spam from somewhere else) and so they definitely do not sell email addresses. They always work on projects which I find to be worthwhile. Yes they might be a cause of potential "slacktivism" (click and forget) but on the other hand, the petitions they start end up getting millions of signatures and in several cases that I am aware of, they actually do have some type of effect in raising global awareness for issues plaguing humanity and stopping or at least hindering situations from getting worse. My only concern with Avaaz is that they are not a non-profit and so we can't see where and how the the donations are distributed.

I ordered an awesome Christmas lawn ornament for my sister November 2, which arrived December 6, containing a Halloween Lawn Ornament instead. Unfortunately, she had thrown out the receipt along with the packing materials. The company refuses to send the correct item without the receipt and has accused me of lying claiming Halloween stock ran out at the end of October. Oh well, at least she received something for my efforts and will enjoy her Christmas present next October. Merry Christmas and Happy Halloween!

Used to sign petitions in "secure" avaaz, but my email box is now full of SPAM every day, starting from sexual email to all kinds of phishing and scams. I never gave permition for my email adress to be distributed. "Secure" Avaaz sells email adresses, and unsolicited emails from Meetic even come with a tittle: «through avaaz», which confirms where all the SPAM came from.

They are scammers

I also have contacted Avaaz 3 times to cancel my donation. They do not reply. I have to cancel my credit card to cancel their account.

I have had no problems with single donations to Avaaz but I did have a withdrawal problem with a computer company that was taking annual amounts because I did not read the SMALL PRINT. I immediately went to my bank and requested them to cease payments and they did. You can do the same.

I am very disappointed to find that many months ago I sent Avaaz a 'once off' donation of R80.00, which they have just kept debiting my account with up until now, the latest date being 5th August 2021. I specifically instructed that this was a once off payment which they are ignoring. PLEASE delete my name from your subscriber list immediately, I do not have the funds to donate. The payment was a single and sincere donation only.

Thank you for your good work! Hope you manage to keep it up inspite of the bad reviews I am shocked to see here - are they for real? No one who have really seen what you are acheiving could rate you low. I will gladly receive your petition, but please make the fb posts more informativ. And if possible, add more contribution alternatives. Would be so much easier with swisch.