This is a fantastic research - backed organization. They are changing lives for the better, but also helping us all understand how to 'best' allocate resources to help the most. 

I gave my donation to check if this page works :D

Good luck!! You got this, keen to hear if heartbreak is easier or harder going backwards

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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. 

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $580 million in unconditional cash transfers to families in need. 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 $2.15/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll one member of each household in the entire village to receive a one-time transfer of about $1,000 USD sent in two installments using mobile money. Recipients can then withdraw the mobile funds as cash with local agents and use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, making their home safer/sturdier, healthcare, or livestock.
 
GiveDirectly uses rigorous experimental research (randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their unconditional cash programs and answer public policy questions, generating evidence on key design and implementation questions across varied contexts. You can find over 300 studies on the positive impacts of cash transfers in GiveDirectly’s Cash Research Explorer.

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To acknowledge the UN's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a generous donor has pledged to match up to $20,000 in donations for people in extreme poverty through this page.

Today, 659M people live in extreme poverty on less than $2.15 per day, or $785 per year. This is the line below which the World Bank estimates someone cannot afford the most basic needs like food, safe shelter, medicine, and more. Eradicating extreme poverty is not a high bar; it’s the lowest, and one we should be able to clear.

The UN’s #1 Sustainable Development Goal was to eradicate poverty by 2030 – but dire progress reports from the UN and World Bank admit it’s one we’re certain to fail. While economic growth has driven a steady decline in global poverty, the number of Africans in extreme poverty has only increased over the last 30 years.

But instead of despairing, we are hopeful. Because giving someone in poverty money with no strings attached, known as an ‘unconditional cash transfer’, is proven to work and to scale, providing a path to ending extreme poverty in our lifetime.

Hundreds of studies find people in poverty use these funds to improve their income, health, education, self-reliance, and more. And these results are sustained years into the future. Because people spend this money locally buying goods, starting businesses, visiting clinics, or going to school, the local economy can grow 2.5x what you give.

$100 billion – that’s the annual estimate of what’s needed to move everyone below the extreme poverty line above it. What seems like a large amount is just half of what wealthy countries already spend annually on development aid every year, less than 1% of billionaire wealth, and less than Americans spend on pets every year.

Now is the time to put our money into action and into the hands of people in need. Every donation is impactful, even small ones, as they add up to reach more people in need. They also show decisionmakers there’s popular support for trusting people in poverty.

With more funding, we could tackle extreme poverty in an entire country at once. And once the world witnesses what’s possible, we can start to see a real path to eradicating extreme poverty.

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GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice.

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About the GiveDirectly poverty reduction program: "Every household in a village receives ~$1,000 with no strings attached. Living below the extreme poverty line means a household is unable to afford their most basic needs of food, shelter, healthcare/sanitation, and education. $1,000 USD is about one year’s expenditure for the average household in poverty in the countries where we work. There is nothing magical about this amount – it reflects both existing evidence on the effectiveness of large transfers and it is roughly the amount the average family in poverty would need to invest in order to raise their income above that extreme poverty level."

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