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In case this is relevant information, I spoke to the founder of the Time to Give Network (TGN) not too long ago when he had just found out about EA. "TGN connects solution providers and professional individuals with C-Level champions, experts and more. TGN enables TimeGivers to provide a pre-agreed amount of time with a qualified TimeBidder in return for a donation to their chosen charity. " Sounds like there may be synergies in both your projects.

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Vincent van der Holst
5mo
That's very relevant information! It's very similar to our idea, so I'd love to talk to him. Could you share his contact details with me on vin at boas dot co ?
Answer by lynnAug 24, 20231
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maybe https://ishango.ai/africabuildsai/?

Thanks for responding Jack! 

I co-organise the EA UK group: https://effectivealtruism.uk/

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Jack Lewars
9mo
Ah great! I'll dm you my email

Hi Jack, 

Get a checkout page set up for your group. One for the World can offer you pages on Donational to collect donations and record pledges to global health and poverty charities.

Do you have examples of what this might look like for national EA groups? 

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Jack Lewars
9mo
Hey Lynn - so OFTW probably isn't best-placed for a national group, as our page would look something like this: https://donational.org/oftw-uk However, Giving What We Can might be able to offer something a bit better. What country are you based in?

It says this is 11 weeks of online, full-time training - to clarify, what does this look like in practice on a weekly basis? 35-40 hours per week? 

It seems there isn't an expectation for people to look for new researcher roles at the end of the program and your target audience is also for existing researchers who are already working (presumably full time) in orgs - are they able to complete the program whilst also working full time? Should people apply if they are not able to take time off? 

some of the current standard practices around animal farming are quite a lot meaner than what you would see even than in industrial farming in the US.

Hi Arno, curious to hear what you mean by 'meaner'? 

For context, I work at AAA, one of the orgs mentioned in the post and would be keen to understand more about mitigation strategies to curb the growth of industrial animal agriculture in African countries.

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Arno
2y
Meaner as in, people really tend not to be interested in animal welfare even as a by product (as there is a lot less education around animal welfare). An example comes to mind that I saw in traffic the other day, where animals are live transported they might be tied down in ways which are clearly painful and wouldn't be allowed in the US. Not sure if this makes sense.