Ada's Birthday Wish: Let's Protect 4000 People From Malaria!

Dear friends, for my birthday this year, I invite you to help make my wish come true! For just $5, we can provide a malaria net that protects ~2 people. My goal is to provide the equivalent of 2000 malaria nets to protect 4000 people: You protect 2000 folks, and I will too--I'll match you dollar for dollar up to my $5000 goal.

Politics aside, the gutting of USAID is a de facto death sentence for people--many of them children--who have already begun to die from malaria, complications from HIV, tuberculosis, malnutrition, and more. Imagine dying from malaria--you can't breathe, it feels like you're drowning, you're overwhelmed by seizures, your organs fail, and toxins build up in your blood. Now imagine that you're a child going through this--because 3 out of 4 malaria deaths are children under the age of 5.

For my birthday, I'm inviting us all to lean in. Through rigorous analysis, GiveWell identifies charities that allow us to save the most lives per dollar donated. In addition to malaria nets from the Against Malaria Foundation, GiveWell has identified three other top charities that are most cost-effective.

• Let's protect 4000 people with the equivalent of 2000 mosquito nets this year through GiveWell's Top Charities Fund! I will match you dollar for dollar up to $5000. Huzzah!

*On average, GiveWell estimates that about two people sleep under each net. 1 mosquito net = costs $5 = protects 2 folks on average. If you, my friends, can provide 1000 nets, you can protect 2000 folks for $5000. I'll match your donation, so together we'll raise $10,000 for 2000 mosquito nets to protect 4000 people. Note that the Top Charities Fund includes four nonprofits, so while we'll be providing the equivalent of 2000 mosquito nets, GiveWell will make disbursements according to which of these charities have the highest priority funding needs each quarter.