My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I’m particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I’d love to hear about them too.

Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!

  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
    52·
    7 months ago

    The effective altruists try to do the most good with each dollar by focusing on the cause where the most lives per $ can be saved. Believe malaria seems to be a favorite cause there.

    Somebody will know more than me on this and I’m sure there’s some controversy too.

    • nivenkos@lemmy.ml
      12·
      7 months ago

      Nah, it’s a scam if you look into it. They spend it all on “AI Safety” and “Existential Risk” bullshit.

      It’s a shame as the general concept is cool with microloans and crowd-funding, etc. but it’s really been taken over by that crowd.

    • tetris11@lemmy.ml
      11·
      7 months ago
      Rich people:  I wanna help the world   

    Experts:  That's fantastic! Here are some issues
              where we could really-  

Rich people:  Nah. I want to help the world my own way.  

    Experts:  Okay, well I hope it uplifts people out
              of pov-  

Rich people:  Yep. But specifically people Z.  

    Experts:  Huh. But what about A,B,C-    

Rich people:  Nah. Just Z. People Z already work for me.

    Experts: …well, I guess it's better than nothing.

Rich people: I'm a good person

    Experts: …