A.J. Jacobs is fundraising for Helen Keller International's Vitamin A Supplementation Program
Hello! My name is A.J. Jacobs and I'm excited to be giving to a wonderful charity - Helen Keller International's Vitamin A Supplementation Program.
This is a charity that works to reduce malnturition and blindness in Sub-Saharan Africa and there is strong evidence that it is an effective and high impact program. It's been endorsed by the folks at GiveWell, an organisation of which I am a big fan.
So today on Effective Giving Day, I am donating $5000 to Helen Keller International's program and I will provide matching donations, for any donations up to a total of an additional $5000.
Thank you and happy holidays!
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig.
He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.
Among his books are The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, and Thanks a Thousand, in which he travels the globe to thank everyone who had even the slightest role in making his morning cup of coffee. He is a contributor to NPR, The New York Times, and Esquire, among others. He has given several TED talks, including ones about living biblically, creating a one-world family, and living healthily that have amassed over 10 million views.
His most recent book is called “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, From Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.”
Raising for:
Helen Keller International
Vitamin A Supplementation
HKI's Vitamin A Supplementation program Improves child health and survival rates by partnering with governments across Africa to deliver lifesaving vitamin A supplements and complementary activities to millions of children annually.