GiveDirectly provides unconditional cash transfers to people living in extreme poverty.
They use national data and surveys to identify the people that can benefit the most from donations. They then proceed to transfer roughly $1000 to each recipient household, via mobile payment services.
They are one of GiveWell’s top-rated charities, with an exceptionally strong evidence of impact. By having very low administrative costs, they are able to transfer 83% of each dollar donated. These are direct unconditional cash transfers, which means that each family has the right to choose for themselves how to best use the money they receive. Contrary to the popular belief, where it’s expected that donating directly can lead to the increase of consumption of tobacco and alcohol, research shows that most people spend it on goods that help improve their lives, such as: medicine, education, food, as well as investing in their own businesses to generate income.
SENS Research Foundation strives to research, develop, promote, and ensure widespread access to therapies that prevent and reverse age-related diseases and disabilities, such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkison’s.
Their strategy is to develop regenerative therapies that remove, repair, replace, or render harmless the cellular and molecular damage that accumulates in a tissue over time.
They’re the only non-profit currently prioritizing a regenerative medicine approach to the diseases of aging. Given their current level of understanding of the processes that cause age-related degeneration, they consider that actually reversing the negative effects of aging will ultimately be far more feasible to implement than “slowing down” the rate at which damage occurs. They believe that working to remove the damage caused by aging can deliver more effective therapies more safely and more rapidly than approaches that only slow it down.
Against Malaria Foundation focuses on helping protect people from malaria, by funding long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito nets to susceptible populations in developing countries
They provide long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in bulk to other non-profit organizations or government agencies, which then distribute the nets in developing countries. These nets are hung over beds and block and kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
One of GiveWell’s top-rated charities. It’s estimated that over 200 million people become infected with malaria each year, and over 400,000 people die from it. Children aged under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa are one of the most vulnerable and affected groups. However malaria is totally preventable and treatable, with prevention being much more cost-effective than treatment. GiveWell estimates that it costs about $5 to purchase and distribute one of these nets. These nets lasts for 3-4 years, and protects, on average, two people. GiveWell estimates that for every $3,000 – $5,000 donated, a life will be saved.
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Admittedly, many of us wash our clothes after each wear. However, with some items, that’s not really necessary to do. Most of the times, if your piece is not dirty, it just needs to be shaken out and aired to be good for another day. This not only helps reducing the environmental footprint, but it also helps maintaining the quality of your garments for longer. The more you wash it, the quicker your piece will lose its color and overall quality.
Washing at low temperatures is great not only for your clothes, but also for the environment. We suggest machine washing at maximum 30ºC. This helps preserving the color of your pieces, as well as preventing them from losing their shape. Washing at higher temperatures might damage and shrink the fabrics.
In each product page you can see the specific garment care instructions and recommendations. These aren’t just a formality. Because our fabrics are not synthetic, they need to be maintained with care. The garment care instructions are intended to help you keep the quality of your pieces for longer.
Before running your washing machine, make sure you’ve accumulated enough clothes to fill it up. This will significantly reduce the consumption of water and energy over time. However, be careful to not overfill it, as it can lead to poorly washed items and even damage them due to friction.
Before washing, please sort your garments by color. We recommend separate them in three categories: whites, light colored and dark. This can prevent dye transfer problems during washing.
Wash all of your colored garments inside out and follow all the garment care instructions.
When cleaning stains, please avoid the use of solutions with bleach, as this can alter the color of the fabric.
Avoid drying your clothes in direct and bright sun light for long periods of time, as this can accelerate color fading over time.
The longer you wait, the harder it will be to treat stains. These are easier to remove when they haven’t set into the fabric.
Tumble dryers have a significant impact on the environment, as these use a lot of energy. Not only that, but dryers can also damage your clothes and alter their shape. If you can, skip the dryer completely. However, we understand that’s not always possible. If you’re using a dryer, use a low heat setting. The higher the heat, the higher the risk of shrinking.
Most of the times, air drying is the best option. Not only does it have zero impact, but it also helps maintaining the quality of your clothes for longer. In this case, if possible, avoid long exposure of your garments to direct and bright sunlight, as this can lead to fading of the colors over time.
As soon as you finish washing your clothes, we recommend gently shake them to remove some wrinkles and hang them properly to dry. By doing this, you’re ensuring that there will only be minimal wrinkles before ironing, which makes the entire process much easier. Sometimes, this process might be enough and you can skip ironing entirely.
We recommend steaming instead of ironing, as it’s less aggressive for the fabric fibers. However, there will be some items that do need some ironing.
If you’re ironing garments made of cotton, make sure they’re slightly damp prior to ironing, or use the steam setting on the iron. This will make the fibers smoother and the process of ironing much easier.
We recommend ironing all of our clothes at low/medium temperatures, inside out. This will help avoid any possible damage in outer side of the fabric. Finally, please avoid ironing directly on the print or embroidery, as this can damage it over time.
If you can, reduce the consumption of clothes that contain any type of plastic in their composition, such as: polyester, nylon, elastane or acrylic. Every time you wash these fabrics, microplastics are released into the water systems and consequently into the aquatic ecosystem. This happens because a lot of these microplastics are just too small to be filtered by the current waste treatment plants. By entering into oceans and rivers, they pose a potential danger not only for the environment and the marine life, but also for our own health, as we can ingest them through food and water. All of our pieces are made of 100% organic cotton. However we also need to consider the labels, sewing threads, embroideries or other embellishments, which can be made with synthetic fibers. We care about every single component of our pieces, and so we believe that we should inform you the best we can about them. Unfortunately, some of our sewing threads and embroidery are made of polyester. We recommend always using a Guppy Friend washing bag, as it collects the microplastics that are released from garments in the wash and prevents them from entering in the water supply systems.