Child hunger
Treat a starving child. About $100.
Undernutrition is part of the cause in about 2.2 million deaths of young children a year.1 The treatment is a carton of peanut paste and a nurse who measures an arm each week. It works, it costs about $100 to $200 a child, and the money for it is being cut. Pick a door.
Learn
What’s true
How many, where, why the old “every ten seconds” is wrong, what a cure costs, and where the experts disagree.
10 minutes
Do
The whole thing
Give where the evidence is strongest, or pay for a child’s treatment, and call Congress. Script included.
15 minutes · from $5 a month
Practice
Keep it going
A yearly rhythm, a six-question drill, and a checklist that remembers where you are.
Monthly · 5 minutes
If you only have
- Five minutes: set up a monthly gift. GiveWell’s minimum is $5 a month.
- Five more, before 11 December: call your senators. The script is written.
- Half an hour: read what’s true first, then do both. You’ll give with a clearer head.
Where this started: Ending child starvation, an essay from 2025. These pages are built from the sources, not the essay; its page lists what has changed since it was written.
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