Not sure how I could spend $10 a month better than giving it away to someone who needs it a lot more

There is too much poverty, need and inequality in this world and those of us who cannot do anything directly can at least try and help in any way we can. A big thank you to organizations like yours which support effective nonprofits.

We pledged to give 1% more of our annual income to people living in extreme poverty this year

I gave because I was moved by the stories of extreme poverty I heard when I recently visited Kenya (one of the countries GiveDirectly delivers donations to): kids having to steal 50 cents in order to eat, kids not having money to buy shoes and having to walk to school barefoot.

UBI helps alleviate extreme poverty.

GiveDirectly is doing groundbreaking work researching the effectiveness of direct cash aid and universal basic income in alleviating poverty. As opposed to in-kind donations, I believe that the people who best know how to help the poor, are the poor themselves; as such they ought to receive the trust and dignity necessary to build their futures in spite of their structural lack of opportunity, and cash aid is the best way to do that.

Direct cash payments seem to be the most effective way to actually affect change.  I love that give directly is pioneering this approach and hope to see more of it!

Effective Altruism movement. 10% Pledge at Giving What We Can. Let's make a humongous change together. https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge/

I want to help a person or a family to get out of extreme poverty

I've been really impressed by GiveDirectly's pioneering and research-driven approach to using direct cash transfers to help people climb out of poverty. They've helped show that just giving money to people so they can make their own decisions about what they need is not only empowering but also one of the most potent forms of aid. Thank you, GiveDirectly!

There is no better way to give than to give directly to the people who need it the most. I truly believe that they can make the best decision for themselves, and I would love to help empower them to do so!

GiveDirectly is helping out by doing what they do best - sending cash to people who need it!

There is so much evidence to suggest that putting cash into the hands of families is far superior to complex programming designed by people a continent away. 

Direct cash transfers are one of the most effective ways to eliminate extreme poverty, and giving people choice is empowering. I also respect their 12-year research on basic income through RCTs across 290 Kenyan villages.

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

COVID-19 has pushed 150 million more people into extreme poverty worldwide. You can empower them to meet their needs by giving unconditional cash transfers to the poorest households in the US and Africa. Why cash? Because the best way to alleviate poverty is to make people less poor. If the disruption of pandemic taught us anything, we need simple, direct ways to help the most vulnerable. Giving directly is a fast, efficient, proven, and empowering way to do so. 

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