Thousands of children die every day from the preventable consequences of extreme poverty. Climate change is progressing almost unchecked and more than 70 billion animals live and die every year, often in agonizing conditions. At the same time, humanity is facing a series of existential threats .

This is not the world we want to live in. The good news is that it’s not the world we have to live in either. We can do something about it.

After all, we are part of the richest generation in human history. The world has never had more knowledge and resources. This gives us a historic opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty and all its terrible consequences once and for all, to slow climate change as much as possible, to end factory farming as we know it, and to address other threats to humanity’s future.

Is it all possible at the same time? Yes, it is possible. Because the resources are available. It is up to us to activate them and use them in the right places.

But it can’t just be about whether we win the battle at some point. It is about winning it as soon as possible. Because every day that we remain inactive or do less than we could, every day that we do what we do not as effectively as we could, creates new, unnecessary suffering.

That’s why it is so important to us at Effektiv Spenden to raise awareness of the most effective approaches and the best charities in the world. After all, they achieve many times more with every euro than the average organization - often 100 times more and more.

The fact that the selection of the organizations presented here is based on scientific studies and extensive evaluations is not an expression of cold-hearted optimization. On the contrary, the scarcity of resources makes it all the more important to use them to help as many people, animals, and our planet as possible.

That’s why we do what we do. And that’s why we invite you to join us, to trust the advice of renowned scientists and to donate to the organizations recommended here.