Nathaniel Whittemore’s Social Entrepreneurship Blog asks bloggers for “one thing you need to know before you donate to charity this holiday season.” My answer: you need to know that your favorite social program might just not work. This isn’t a warning against fraud or inefficiency (though both of those are important too). It’s a warning…
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Marketplace today
I’ll be on NPR Marketplace today, talking about why we think you can do more good by putting time into researching your giving than into volunteering. Local air times/stations here. I expect the audio will be online afterward (at which point I’ll edit it into this post).
The first question: What do you do?
The first question I have for any charity is, “What do you do?” Not “What are you trying to accomplish?” (example: “Fight AIDS”) but “What activities are you carrying out and where?” (example: “School-based education programs emphasizing protection in Mozambique”). It’s a simple question, and an obviously important one: as the Disease Control Priorities Report…
More on iodine
Nicholas Kristof chimes in. Our previous coverage here.
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