Around 700 million people live today in extreme poverty, meaning that they live for under 2.25 dollars a day. These people are often malnourished, lack access to fundamental services such as electricity and clean drinking water, have less access to education, and have bad health in general.

GiveDirectly gives direct cash transfers to people affected by humanitarian crises. To give money directly into the hands of the poor is a good way to help them out of poverty. This measure has been reviewed by a great number of comprehensive evaluation studies, and the research shows that the poor have good overview over what they need. They choose to use the means in ways that cover their fundamental needs and make investments that give good yields over time. For every 100 NOK that are given to GiveDirectly, around 90 NOK go directly to the recipients. GiveDirecly makes such cash transfers on a large scale and have since 2009 delivered over 700 million dollars in cash to over 1.5 million people that live in poverty.

Gi Effektivt also recommends GiveDirectly because they have a robust process that ensures that the money comes to those that need it, they are exceptionally open about their results, and have large scalability.

In 2024 you can deduct from taxable income for a total yearly amount of 25 000 NOK, per person or business that donates. Qualified donations give 22% of the amount in tax deduction, meaning that up to 5 500 NOK less tax may be paid. Log into Min side with the e-mail you used when you donated and register your national identity number. GiEffektivt will report your donation to Skatteetaten at the start of next year.