- Free Charity! The Hunger Site. You can donate food FOR FREE there! You can also donate rice for free by playing a word game at FreeRice.
- Here are some cheaper charities designed for people who can't donate a lot of money: The $10 Club, Microcredit, Oxfam.
- If you buy the arguments for giving to charity, you might want to research which charities aren't squandering their donations. Here are lists of reputable charities, sorted by type of charity (such as hunger or international relief).
- Here's an updated argument by Peter Singer with some interesting specific proposals.
- Here's the James Shikwati interview we read for class. (Shikwati's organization is online here. A similar organization you can donate to is online here.)
- The NPR program Fresh Air recently aired a radio interview with someone who agrees with Shikwati.
- Here's an interesting article in which Nicholas Kristof discusses many of the concerns Shikwati raises about giving aid to African nations. I especially recommend reading the last section of the article.
- Here's an article on all the reasons why we might give away the money we earn. This article even references Thomas Nagel's anti-I'M-SPECIAL-ism.
And here's another short video of Peter Singer on giving to charity:
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