Dear friends and family, 

Last year, many of your supported my fundraiser for GiveDirectly for my 28th birthday. Thanks to your help, we raised $1750, a massive impact. 

This year, I'm setting the more ambitious target of $2000. There's absolutely no pressure to donate, but if you feel comfortable doing so, even a small gift would mean a lot to me. 

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors [send money directly](https://donate.givedirectly.org/) to the world's poorest households, through *unconditional* cash transfers. In doing so, they aim to accelerate the[end of extreme poverty](https://www.givedirectly.org/poverty/) globally, by empowering families in poverty to choose how best to improve their lives. In the past year GiveDirectly has delivered over $100 million to almost 100,000 recipients. They are also highly rated by evaluators such as GiveWell.

Last year's fundraiser: https://www.every.org/givedirectly/f/givedirectly-fundraiser

GiveDirectly Fundraiser for Akhil's 29th Birthday

Delivering unconditional cash directly to the world's poorest households via secure mobile transfers. 

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1 billion in unconditional cash transfers directly into the hands of 2+ million people living in poverty. These one-time cash transfers allow recipients to invest in what they need most and have been shown to improve their earnings, children’s school attendance, health, nutrition, and mental well-being.
 
GiveDirectly uses government data to target villages where most or all residents are living in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as earning under $3/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll each household in a village to receive a large lump sum transfer of \~$1,000 USD using mobile money. Recipients can then use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, repairing their home, healthcare, livestock, or anything else.
 
GiveDirectly also uses rigorous experimental research (including randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their cash programs, answer public policy questions, and generate evidence on key design and implementation questions.

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