Send money directly to people living in poverty.
GiveDirectly takes a different approach to fighting poverty: instead of building programs on people's behalf, it sends cash transfers straight to people living in extreme poverty and lets them decide how to use the money.
Recipients use the funds for what they judge matters most—food, school fees, a roof repair, livestock, or starting a small business—rather than having priorities set for them from the outside.
A large and growing body of research on cash transfers has found that people living in poverty generally spend unconditional cash responsibly, on things that improve their health, education, and income over time.
GiveDirectly argues that people closest to a problem are usually best positioned to know its solution, and that direct cash lets aid dollars go further by cutting out layers of overhead and guesswork.
GiveDirectly has delivered cash to people across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, including recipients affected by extreme poverty, natural disasters, and refugee displacement, using mobile money to get funds to people quickly and transparently.
The organization publishes detailed data on delivery costs and outcomes, aiming to make the whole process—from donation to a family's mobile wallet—as transparent as possible.
Your gift goes straight into the hands of people living in extreme poverty, trusting them to decide what will help their family most.