Da Nang EA Coworking Hub
Feb 1st – Apr 1st
A 2-month coworking + coliving hub for impact-focused professionals who want to do meaningful work alongside a like-minded community!
What is this?
The Da Nang Impact Hub is a temporary coworking and coliving setup for people working on impact-focused work. The goal is simple: make it easier to do focused work and build real connections with other like-minded professionals, without needing to be in expensive cities like SF or London to do it!
This is a pilot. We are a small group of friends organizing this on our own time, because we’ve found that similar coworking/coliving hubs (especially those focused on effective altruist communities) have been incredibly valuable to us, and we want to help make more of them happen in affordable places!
Why we’re doing this
We’ve spent time in EA (Effective Altruism) hubs and found them incredibly valuable, both professionally and socially. However, we feel that working alongside other impact-minded people shouldn’t require living in the world’s most expensive cities.
We see affordable, intentional coworking hubs as a huge asset to the high-impact community, generating high-impact connections and collaborations and/or extending the financial runways of projects (including charity startups, research projects, and career pivots). Plus, it’s just a great place to spend the winter with like-minded friends!
📅 When & Where
When: February 1 – April 1
(some of the community may extend after April, but we’ve currently only booked these 2 months)
Where: An Hải neighborhood, Da Nang, Vietnam
- Popular with expats and remote workers
- Very close to nice beaches, cafés, coworking spaces, and lots of vegan food
Housing Options
We’ll have two main housing options, about a 15-minute walk apart:
- Shared house (Airbnb)
- 8 private bedrooms total
- 4 rooms currently available (couples can share a room if desired)
- 15 minute walk from the coworking space (coworking membership fee not included if you stay at the shared Airbnb)
- Private rooms attached to the coworking space
- Individual private rooms
- Coworking space on site (included)
- You’re also welcome to find your own housing nearby — there’s plenty available in the area
💸 Expected Costs
We are a small group of friends organizing this on our own time (not funded nor profiting), and we have done our best to find a great location with affordable living to support an impact-focused community!
- ~$300/month for housing, including utilities and WiFi (rent is similar at both housing locations)
- ~$70/month for the coworking space— this is included if you stay in the Coworking space housing (instead of the Airbnb; you will have a private room either way)
- Food, transport, and other expenses are on you.
💻 Work schedule, activities, & daily rhythm
Most of us will be working full time, either on formal work, projects, upskilling, or otherwise.
While there’s no mandatory schedule, we expect most of us will be doing focused and/or collaborative work during weekdays, and spending lots of social time after work!
There is lots to do nearby! Some examples:
- Ultimate frisbee on the beach, ~10 mins walk away
- Hiking at the coastal nature reserve ~10 mins uber away
- Beautiful buddhist temples
- Cheap massages
- Rock climbing gym ~15 min uber away
- Amazing food and cafes, including ~8 vegan restaurants within a 5-minute walk (the currently confirmed group has a few vegans and a few omnivores, all diets are welcome)
- Incredible day trips nearby, including historic Hoi An and the old imperial capital Hue
- Community events like open mics, board game nights, gratitude circles, deep conversations
Everything is opt-in!
We care a lot about community and connection, not just parallel work. This is meant to be a place where real, lasting friendships and collaborations form!
🙌 How to join
If you’re interested, do the following:
- Join the Impact Hubs discord! (This will also let you hear about future coliving / coworking opportunities and connect with like-minded people)
- Fill out this application form.
- We’ll set up a short call with a few of the people you’d be coliving with
- Just be yourself on this call! We just want to ensure a great community fit and high impact alignment, to facilitate great connections and professional outcomes.
- No hard deadline — but rooms are limited, so earlier is better.
🫂 Who this is for
This hub is for people focused on making the world better in effective ways who want to connect with other dedicated professionals!
You could be a remote worker, digital nomad, or otherwise! As long as you care deeply about doing good thoughtfully and seriously, you could be a great fit! Most upcoming participants are working in AI Safety, Animal Welfare, or improving the long-term future, but we’re open to a variety of cause areas.
Some of the kinds of work our community participants will be focused on include: working full-time for a high-impact organization, doing impactful research, charity entrepreneurship, studying or upskilling, or job searching.
We expect joining our community to lead to long-lasting friendships, as well as professional connections and collaborations. If this sounds like what you’re looking for, read on!
Meet some of our community
Wondering what kind of people are joining? Here’s a sample!
Damin Curtis
Damin’s work primarily focuses on AI Governance. He is also involved in high-impact animal welfare, and operates Effective Mental Health’s global MH fellowship. He has spent years as a digital nomad and is passionate about building impact-focused communities and deep friendships.
Cian Dally
Cian is a Full Stack Developer building tools for high-impact organizations, including theoryofchangebuilder.com and others. His work has focused significantly on high-impact animal welfare. He has previously spent months in Indonesia and Taiwan, is a skilled musician, & enjoys ultimate frisbee on the beach.
Zoé Roy-Stang
Zoé works on operations and programs at the Center for Reducing Suffering. When she’s not improving the future for all sentient beings, she loves rock climbing and building deep connections with friends.
Moïri Gamboni
Moïri is a tech lead and community builder whose work focuses on AI Safety Advocacy. He is also passionate about animal welfare, meaningful connections, and is currently working to build a long-term intentional coliving community.