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Bridging the Gap Amid U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts
A sudden shift in U.S. foreign aid policy earlier this year sent shockwaves through the global development community. For weeks, our team was tied up with…
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Hunger and Nutrition
Hunger and malnutrition are probably the most common ills that come to mind when we think of extreme poverty. These blogs explore the complexities of this issue as well as a variety of ways that effective organizations are finding to address it, from micronutrient fortification partnerships with producers and countries; to providing loans, supplies, and training to farmers; to direct cash transfers with which families may not only purchase food for the short-term, but may also purchase livestock or other capital that can generate income for long-term support.
Agriculture and Farming
9-Year-old Australian follows in his sister’s altruistic footsteps to combat poverty
Nate, a year 4 student in Northern Territories, Australia, created a school project to combat global poverty by fundraising for One Acre Fund.
Children
Intellectual nourishment
The idea of sending my kids to school without a good, healthy breakfast inside them fills me with a mild terror. Yet each day literally millions…
Economic Development
Support Effective Interventions for World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day is June 20th. Read about and support the ways that our recommended charities are helping some of the millions of people who are…
Economic Development
An Interview with Oxfam America’s CEO, Abby Maxman
Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing Abby Maxman, President & CEO of Oxfam America. The interview with this dedicated, knowledgeable, and thoughtful career professional led…
Hunger and Nutrition
World Refugee Day–Impact From Our Recommended Charities
Take an extra few minutes on World Refugee Day to see sustaining and transformative ways our recommended nonprofits are helping millions of our fellow global citizens…
Agriculture and Farming
What’s food got to do with it?
The Life You Can Save's blog usually talks about the challenge of extreme poverty and best ways to combat it, along with big and small ways in…
Agriculture and Farming
Climbing Toward Hope: How Graduation Programs Help People Rise from Extreme Poverty
Graduation programs such as those run by Village Enterprise help people lift themselves out of extreme poverty by providing a small up-front infusion of cash to…
Effective Giving
Changing What’s on Our Plate
TLYCS Volunteer José Oliveira, an art teacher in Portugal, reflects on items he gave up, like a few coffees and beers each week, allowing him to…
Effective Giving
Famine Assistance vs. Proven Effective Poverty Relief
Famine is currently threatening 20 million lives over four East African countries. Extreme poverty causes preventable disease and death for millions around the world each year.…
Agriculture and Farming
Building a Path from Extreme Poverty in Eastern Uganda: How I Moved from Starvation into a Changemaker
I was born to a violent, polygamous Dad who did not pay my tuition since childhood. My mum, who herself never went to school, resorted to…
Hunger and Nutrition
What you need to know about global hunger
The average American household gives $2,974 to charity each year. How far could that amount go to alleviating hunger and malnutrition in the developing world?