Improving mental health has a positive impact on subjective wellbeing; yet it is also a severely neglected intervention, especially in low- and middle-income countries where only 3% of people with depression receive adequate treatment. Active in various parts of Africa, notably Uganda and Zambia, StrongMinds works to close this gap. We thoroughly investigated StrongMinds and […]

Lead exposure carries a similar health burden as HIV/AIDS and malaria, but receives less than 0.1% as much funding. Pure Earth is active in various countries to fight exposure to this toxic metal, which has been shown to damage both mental and physical health. We recommend Pure Earth as a Promising Charity based on our […]

Severe malnutrition is still a huge global problem. To treat it in low-resource settings, an intervention that is generally considered best practice is community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), which consists of providing underweight children with a nutrient-enriched peanut butter formula alongside basic medical care. Taimaka, one of our Promising Charities, delivers CMAM through community […]

Mental health conditions are among the leading causes of lost wellbeing worldwide, yet access to care remains out of reach for most people in low- and middle-income countries. Friendship Bench Zimbabwe has spent 20 years working on this problem in one of the most extreme cases: a country with only a handful of psychiatrists serving […]