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“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” -Chinua Achebe
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity." -Marie Curie
For the past few months I've been following The Givewell Blog. Here's a recent post, Why are we always criticizing charities?:
Phillip Reese and Andrew McIntosh of the Sacramento Bee report: