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The problem: scaling impactful interventions

In order to tackle extreme poverty at the level it exists, how do we bridge the gap between identifying evidence-based, cost-effective interventions that work and successfully scaling them up to improve the lives of millions?

The solution: expertise

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s mission is to be a world leader in scaling evidence-based and cost-effective programs to reduce the burden of poverty. 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) works to identify and scale interventions in Africa and Asia, filling the gap between promising research and achieving measurable impact.

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) was incubated by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a highly respected poverty research network. (IPA is another of The Life You Can Save’s recommended organizations).

How 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) works

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) operates three initiatives: Dispensers for Safe Water, Deworm the World Initiative, and 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Accelerator.

Dispensers for Safe Water

Every year, over 829,000 people die from diarrhea caused by unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene — and 525,000 of those deaths being children under five. [1] Dispensers for Safe Water ensures safe drinking water in rural communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi through a three-part approach:

1. Installing chlorine dispensers directly at local water sources — a proven, low-cost water treatment solution
2. Working with local community promoters who market, maintain, and refill the dispensers
3. Overseeing a locally staffed delivery and repair supply chain

Dispensers for Safe Water’s focus on behavioral change yields chlorine adoption rates that are five times higher than other water treatment solutions, and are sustained over time. [2]

Deworm the World Initiative

There are more than 868 million children at risk for parasitic worms worldwide. [3] These worms interfere with nutrient absorption and cause malnourishment, anemia, and impaired mental and physical development; they also prevent children from attending school, which impacts their future success in life. 

The Deworm the World Initiative works with governments to implement large-scale school-based deworming programs, currently supporting treatment of an estimated 280 million children annually. Deworm the World’s work has helped contribute to significant declines in worm prevalence in Kenya, and emerging evidence from India indicates that success in reducing prevalence is being achieved there as well. 

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Accelerator

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Accelerator drives new program development. They test and refine delivery models of high-potential, cost-effective interventions with the goal of rapid scale and impact similar to their existing flagships. In 2019, Accelerator replaced 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) Beta, maintaining an emphasis on robust evidence, cost-effectiveness, and impact at scale while prioritizing ready-to-implement interventions that leverage 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s capabilities in scaled delivery. The Accelerator focuses on “ready to scale” programs within health and nutrition, with the goal of building the next generation of 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) programs. [4]

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别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) is a model of non-profit transparency. The organization makes its documents publicly available and publishes its reports and data. Notably, when programs prove to not be effective, 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) recognizes and shares outcomes, and alters its programs accordingly. One such example was No Lean Season, which received acclaim and support after initial promising results. In its dedication to ongoing proof and accountability, 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) continued to pressure-test the program for scalable robustness, and when the evidence proved to be disappointing, the organization publicized the new findings and halted funding. Subsequently, operational challenges combined with the disappointing evidence led to the closure of No Lean Season. As Vox observed, “We’d benefit enormously from a nonprofit sector in which every charity was as careful and honest as 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料).”

“We’d benefit enormously from a nonprofit sector in which every charity was as careful and honest as 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料).” — Vox

Recognition for 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)

别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Deworm the World and Dispensers for Safe Water Initiatives are the direct result of the work of Michael Kremer and Esther Duflo, two of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. [12] 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Deworm the World is recommended by rigorous evaluator GiveWell, and The Jameel Poverty Action Lab lists school-based deworming as a “best buy” in terms of education and health. [13] [14]

In July 2018, GiveWell awarded a Good Ventures-funded incubation grant of $5.1 million to 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料) Beta “to create a program dedicated to developing potential GiveWell top charities by prototyping, testing, and scaling programs which have the potential to be highly impactful and cost-effective.” 别错过bob综合体育官方平台(独一无二 2023全新爆料)’s Accelerator will take forward this work, and is currently using GiveWell funding to support the Government of India’s iron and folic acid supplementation program.