“This chart is right. Most interventions don’t do much. (Cameroon experience)” by EffectiveHelp - Cameroon

This chart is so right. The local charity environment in Cameroon is probably helping much less people than you imagine. We ran an effectiveness contest that aligns with this research perfectly.

In 2021 we created an EA group in Cameroon. We had multiple seminars covering the basics of Effective Altruism. By the end of 2022, the group got so excited that we created a charity.

“We” are a group of humanitarian/development workers in Cameroon, all currently employed in this field of work. Some of the basic EA principles resonated a lot. Such as the feeling that some activities and projects don’t really help much and that somewhere, sometimes, there is “real impact”.

So we created this charity to help steer organizations towards real impact, and help them become “more effective”. We tried a couple of things:

We offered consultancy services, starting for free, to local charities.

We started a [...]

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First published:
August 16th, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/TcMhE3SypnE9oLpoE/this-chart-is-right-most-interventions-don-t-do-much

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