We are writing a sad update concerning an HLI-recommended charity, Network for Empowerment & Progressive Initiative (NEPI), which ran a project called STYL that targeted young men with criminal backgrounds with CBT therapy and cash transfers to reduce crime. The started recommending NEPI as a ‘Promising Charity’ in November 2024. As of […]
RuPaul (a personal icon of mine) is famous for saying, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” It’s catchy, it’s empowering, and it feels like a perfect summary of the modern wisdom towards improving your happiness. But today, I want to flip it. What if the path to […]
Won’t somebody please think of the children? At the , the highest impact interventions we’ve found so far share one thing in common. They focus on early life childhood interventions. The charities that deliver them are, indeed, thinking of the children. At the , the highest impact interventions we’ve found so far share […]
At the , we think that providing free psychotherapy for people with common mental health challenges living in low-income countries is a good idea. In fact, we think it’s one of the most cost-effective ways to increase wellbeing globally. The only organisations currently occupying our “top charity” spots (StrongMinds and Friendship Bench Zimbabwe) provide psychotherapy […]
If you take away one thing from our chapter in the World Happiness Report, it should be that: Using evidence, it’s now possible to find the best charities at increasing happiness. And by donating to the best ones, you can do hundreds, if not thousands, of times more good. What people think the best charity […]
How much better are the best charities to donate to compared to the average charity? And how much better do people think they are? The presents new evidence-based answers to both those questions. How effective are the best charities to donate to? Let’s start with the expectations around the best charities to donate to. We asked a […]
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