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Chapter 05: Creating a Culture of Giving. Read by Stephen Fry.

The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer (Audiobook)

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How to Give Effectively

Toby was amazed that he could do so much good without earning a lot of money simply by living modestly. He decided that more people should know how easy it is to make the lives of others better. Toby founded Giving What We Can which asks members to pledge to give at least 10% of their income to doing good as effectively as possible. Ten years after its founding it has over 4,000 members who report having donated nearly $150 million and have pledged to give over their working lives more than $1.5 billion. In the first edition of this book I also ask people to pledge to giving to effective charities in accordance with a giving scale - details are in the appendix.

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