Welcome to our December Newsletter!

It's almost the end of the year — we're wishing you a happy holiday and new year!

Many of us spend part of the holidays reflecting on how we can make a bigger impact in the new year. If there is one feeling we'd like you to take into 2022, it's a sense of excitement and optimism for the incredible opportunity you have to do good in the world by giving effectively.

In fact, we might be in one of the best periods in history to help others, as argued in this new article by Julian Hazell, a team member at Giving What We Can. Julian's main claim is that pairing a sense of enthusiasm with the wealth, technology, and knowledge we have in the present can allow us to do more good than most other altruists in the past could've dreamed of doing.

We'd also like to invite you to participate in our Pledge Drive. Whether you are a member already giving 10% or more, or whether you've just signed up to our mailing list, our Pledge Drive has at least one thing you can do to increase your impact in 2022.

In the meantime, here are some key important updates:

This holiday season is a great time to donate to an effective charity and report your donations. Reporting your donations really helps us understand the impact that our community is making.
Many of you have seen our Effective Giving Guide which we launched at the start of December. The holidays are a great time to share this guide with friends and family.
Need a last minute gift? Use our gift card template this holiday season to give a donation as a gift.
Join us for our annual celebration events in Madrid, Prague, London, Sydney, Cape Town, Munich, Seattle and Berlin, or host your own!
A great way to introduce people to effective giving over the holidays is through Giving Multiplier. They have provided a special link to give you and your friends a high donation matching rate https://givingmultiplier.org/gwwc/24BC9A00
We updated our homepage to include our new explainer video, Effective Giving Guide, and our research summaries for high-impact causes across global health and development, improving animal welfare, safeguarding the long-term future and advocating for effective altruism.

We hope you enjoy the rest of this newsletter, which covers our upcoming events, the latest from the effective altruism community, and news and updates about relevant cause areas.

Thank you to member Catherine Bennett for

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