by When you sign Peter Singer's pledge, the website takes you to a useful page suggesting various organisations who would be worth donating to. I think it's a shame to only make this page available to pledgers, though - others might still be willing to donate lesser amounts and want access to the same resource. So until Peter Singer provides easier access to the page, you can access it directly here. Here's the text:
The organizations below are all mentioned positively in The Life You Can Save, which you should see for further details.
Fistula Foundation
Supports the extraordinary work done by Catherine Hamlin in Ethiopia to treat this obstetric injury that ruins the lives of young women but can easily be repaired by modern surgical techniques.
Fred Hollows Foundation
A $50 donation to this foundation can restore the sight of a person who could not otherwise afford the surgery.
GiveWell
Leads the campaign for evaluating the effectiveness of aid organizations - and your donation can go, via GiveWell, to the organization they judge to be most effective.
International Planned Parenthood Federation
For those who believe that there is no solution to poverty without direct efforts to reduce population growth.
Interplast
Highly recommended by GiveWell for its life-changing surgery for those with deformities and disabilities.
Millennium Promise
Supports the Millennium Villages Project, led by Jeffrey Sachs, and designed to show that the Millennium Development Goals can be met in rural areas at a modest cost.
Namlo International
Led by former mountain climber Magda King, this organization helps people in remote rural areas to build and run schools for children who would otherwise have no opportunity to get an education, and then assists those communities to become self- sufficient through sustainable development.
[url=http://www.opportunity.org/Page.aspx?pid=193]
Opportunity International[/url]
A microcredit organization rated highly by GiveWell.
Oxfam International
Oxfam (originally the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) is one of the leading organizations combating poverty in developing countries. (Peter Singer donates much of what he gives to Oxfam.) Oxfam International is the umbrella organization for all the national Oxfams, which are listed separately below. To donate to Oxfam, if you live in one of the countries listed, contact your national Oxfam organization.
- Oxfam America
- Oxfam Australia
- Oxfam-in-Belgium
- Oxfam Canada
- Oxfam France - Agir ici
- Oxfam Germany
- Oxfam GB
- Oxfam Hong Kong
- Oxfam Ireland
- Oxfam New Zealand
- Oxfam Novib Netherlands
- Oxfam Québec
- Intermón Oxfam Spain
Partners in Health
Founded by Paul Farmer to assist his clinic treating the rural poor in Haiti, Partners in Health now also does similar work in other poor countries, and was rated by GiveWell as highly effective.
Population Services International (PSI)
Distributes bednets and condoms in developing countries where malaria and HIV/AIDS are major risks to life. GiveWell gave PSI its top rating in the category “Saving Lives in Africa”.
Poverty Action Lab
A research unit at MIT that seeks to test, where possible by means of randomised trials, the efficacy of specific interventions to aid the poor.
Transparency International
For those who see the campaign against corruption as crucial to the fight against poverty, this is an organization to support.
UNICEF
The United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund does anti-poverty worked aimed at children in many developing countries.
Worldwide Fistula Fund
Providing for the treatment of fistula in poor African countries, the Fund estimates that it costs about $450 for surgery that will restore the hopes of a young woman who without the surgery would have a miserable existence in front of her.
Other recommended organizations.
Global Giving
Connects donors with community-based projects in all regions of the world. Not all are directed at reducing poverty, but there are many to choose from in this category.
Vegfam
Provides funds for self-supporting sustainable food projects and safe drinking water, in ways that do not exploit animals or the environment.
For organizations suggested by visitors to the Life You Can Save website click here.
The following organizations are not working directly to reduce poverty, but to encourage people to live differently, and to increase the part that giving plays in their lives.
Bolder Giving
Bolder Giving inspires and supports people to give at their full potential. Through media, presentations, publications, and individual coaching, we help people become more bold, intentional and joyful in their giving. On our website, web visitors can browse and comment on over 80 stories of remarkable givers (the 50% League). Starting in May 09, site visitors are invited to take a "Bolder Giving Challenge," interact with role models in the "Theme of the Month," and develop their own giving plan with the assistance of an interactive online curriculum. Launched in 2007, Bolder Giving is a 501(c)3 initiative based near Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
FairShare International
Promotes a lifestyle based on sharing the good things of life with people in need and preparing for those not yet born.
The organizations below are all mentioned positively in The Life You Can Save, which you should see for further details.
Fistula Foundation
Supports the extraordinary work done by Catherine Hamlin in Ethiopia to treat this obstetric injury that ruins the lives of young women but can easily be repaired by modern surgical techniques.
Fred Hollows Foundation
A $50 donation to this foundation can restore the sight of a person who could not otherwise afford the surgery.
GiveWell
Leads the campaign for evaluating the effectiveness of aid organizations - and your donation can go, via GiveWell, to the organization they judge to be most effective.
International Planned Parenthood Federation
For those who believe that there is no solution to poverty without direct efforts to reduce population growth.
Interplast
Highly recommended by GiveWell for its life-changing surgery for those with deformities and disabilities.
Millennium Promise
Supports the Millennium Villages Project, led by Jeffrey Sachs, and designed to show that the Millennium Development Goals can be met in rural areas at a modest cost.
Namlo International
Led by former mountain climber Magda King, this organization helps people in remote rural areas to build and run schools for children who would otherwise have no opportunity to get an education, and then assists those communities to become self- sufficient through sustainable development.
[url=http://www.opportunity.org/Page.aspx?pid=193]
Opportunity International[/url]
A microcredit organization rated highly by GiveWell.
Oxfam International
Oxfam (originally the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief) is one of the leading organizations combating poverty in developing countries. (Peter Singer donates much of what he gives to Oxfam.) Oxfam International is the umbrella organization for all the national Oxfams, which are listed separately below. To donate to Oxfam, if you live in one of the countries listed, contact your national Oxfam organization.
- Oxfam America
- Oxfam Australia
- Oxfam-in-Belgium
- Oxfam Canada
- Oxfam France - Agir ici
- Oxfam Germany
- Oxfam GB
- Oxfam Hong Kong
- Oxfam Ireland
- Oxfam New Zealand
- Oxfam Novib Netherlands
- Oxfam Québec
- Intermón Oxfam Spain
Partners in Health
Founded by Paul Farmer to assist his clinic treating the rural poor in Haiti, Partners in Health now also does similar work in other poor countries, and was rated by GiveWell as highly effective.
Population Services International (PSI)
Distributes bednets and condoms in developing countries where malaria and HIV/AIDS are major risks to life. GiveWell gave PSI its top rating in the category “Saving Lives in Africa”.
Poverty Action Lab
A research unit at MIT that seeks to test, where possible by means of randomised trials, the efficacy of specific interventions to aid the poor.
Transparency International
For those who see the campaign against corruption as crucial to the fight against poverty, this is an organization to support.
UNICEF
The United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund does anti-poverty worked aimed at children in many developing countries.
Worldwide Fistula Fund
Providing for the treatment of fistula in poor African countries, the Fund estimates that it costs about $450 for surgery that will restore the hopes of a young woman who without the surgery would have a miserable existence in front of her.
Other recommended organizations.
Global Giving
Connects donors with community-based projects in all regions of the world. Not all are directed at reducing poverty, but there are many to choose from in this category.
Vegfam
Provides funds for self-supporting sustainable food projects and safe drinking water, in ways that do not exploit animals or the environment.
For organizations suggested by visitors to the Life You Can Save website click here.
The following organizations are not working directly to reduce poverty, but to encourage people to live differently, and to increase the part that giving plays in their lives.
Bolder Giving
Bolder Giving inspires and supports people to give at their full potential. Through media, presentations, publications, and individual coaching, we help people become more bold, intentional and joyful in their giving. On our website, web visitors can browse and comment on over 80 stories of remarkable givers (the 50% League). Starting in May 09, site visitors are invited to take a "Bolder Giving Challenge," interact with role models in the "Theme of the Month," and develop their own giving plan with the assistance of an interactive online curriculum. Launched in 2007, Bolder Giving is a 501(c)3 initiative based near Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
FairShare International
Promotes a lifestyle based on sharing the good things of life with people in need and preparing for those not yet born.
