EAChi May Newsletter (& event tonight!)
Feels like a very Chicago summer evening: jazz and good food
Social Event Tonight!
Join us at XMarket Food Hall for vegan food and live jazz, 6:30-8:30! Register here: https://lu.ma/m32wwaxh
Opportunities
CEA is hiring for someone to lead the EA Global program. CEA's three flagship EAG conferences facilitate tens of thousands of highly impactful connections each year that help people build professional relationships, apply for jobs, and make other critical career decisions.
See more details and apply here.
BlueDot Impact has opened applications for the next round of the Biosecurity Fundamentals course – a 12-week online course covering technical and policy efforts to prevent, detect and respond to catastrophic pandemics. It's designed for people to get an overview of the biosecurity field and explore directions to pursue biosecurity with their career.
Applications close on Sunday, May 5th
Applications for upcoming EA Global conferences in 2024 are still open. You can email the EA Global team at hello@eaglobal.org if you have any questions.
EA Global: London (31 May–2 June) Application deadline is 19 May
EA Global: Boston (1–3 November)
Effective Altruism for Christians is organizing their annual conference in Washington DC May 18–19, bringing together Christians who are passionate about using reason and evidence to tackle the world’s most pressing problems.
More info: https://www.eaforchristians.org/each-2024-conference
May 18-19 | Doors open Saturday 8:30 AM
Open Philanthropy’s Global Aid Policy team is hiring a Senior Policy Advisor to build relationships with policymakers, grantees, and other stakeholders, and identify new strategic opportunities, as well as a Senior Program Associate to focus on finding and assessing grant opportunities and contribute to strategy development.
Applications close on Sunday, May 12th!
News & Updates
Animal Welfare
Lidl GB is set to increase space allocated to its own-label fresh chickens by 20% above the current industry standard, following campaigns by THL UK and the Open Wing Alliance. This victory is a significant breakthrough and will reduce some of the suffering faced by around 70 million chickens each year!
Campaigning for Lidl to commit to the Better Chicken Commitment in full began in 2022 and will continue until Lidl ends the use of fast-growing breeds of chicken.
In July 2022, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) awarded $910,000 to organisations and projects around the world as part of their sixth round of Movement Grants. These projects are now complete, and ACE is excited to share their accomplishments.
Global Health and Wellbeing
Malaria Consortium published its annual SMC philanthropy report! It details the achievements and challenges in delivering its seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme to 25 million children in 2023. Over 16 million of these children were targeted to receive SMC using philanthropic funding.
New Incentives celebrated an exciting milestone of enrolling its 3 millionth infant! Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
New Incentives also published its 2023 Annual Report – every two seconds a child enrolled in their program received a life-saving vaccine last year.
Teaching at the Right Level Africa:
TaRL hosted a webinar for over 130 participants featuring key partners to discuss The Impact and Spread of Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In Kano State in northern Nigeria, TaRL conducted a midline assessment of over 100,000 children.
Global Catastrophic Risk Reduction
Doneer Effectief recently raised €499,497 for Project InnerSpace based on Giving Green's research!
Project InnerSpace combats climate change by expanding access to geothermal energy, which can supply carbon-free heat and electricity. They believe geothermal energy is crucial due to its ability to offer reliable, on-demand electricity, addressing the intermittent nature of wind and solar power. Donations advance the next generation of clean energy from the Earth for the Earth.
During the year-end giving season in 2023, a jury of Dutch and Flemish academics analysed reports of high-impact charities from evaluators like Giving Green. The final selections were unveiled at a sold-out event in Rotterdam.
A fascinating read for your weekend about biosecurity risks from Anemone Franz and Tessa Alexanian:
Please contact EACHI’s organizer, Jana, if you have something you’d like featured here next month or with any questions. Additionally, if you’re new to the EAChi community or are re-joining, we encourage you to schedule a one-to-one chat so we can help orient you.
We look forward to seeing you in person or online!
