Effective charities in Palestine, Sudan, and the DRC

By Matt Unerman @ 2025-12-12T14:54 (+10)

I’ve recently began working with a client where I have committed to donate a portion of my earnings to charities based in Palestine, Sudan, and the DRC.

I’m not sure what the best/most effective charities to donate to are, so I’m looking for suggestions.

As I see potential for this work to turn into a long term engagement, I’m keen to make sure that I’m putting the money towards effective charities.

I know that MSF does work in all of the above mentioned regions, and ranks highly as a transparent and credible charity, but I wondered if there were other charities I should be considering as well.

GiveDirectly @ 2025-12-12T20:15 (+5)

We deliver cash transfers in Eastern DRC: https://GiveDirectly.org/drc

We also deliver cash transfers to Sudanese refugees fleeing to Uganda: https://muslimimpactlab.org/give-zakat-directly-to-sudanese-refugees/

Reach out to info@givedirectly.org if you want to learn more

Kestrel🔸 @ 2025-12-12T15:29 (+1)

The real answer is that war and genocide isn't a condition in which a randomised controlled trial can work.

Your client may be interested in Dabanga https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/about-us for Sudanese media reporting, which relies on external funding as it operates from exile and is probably saving a lot of lives via shortwave radio broadcasting so displaced civilians can avoid travel routes where they get murdered.

Kestrel🔸 @ 2025-12-12T15:33 (+3)

See also this post https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vqaK5y5ksiDSfMzqd/the-crisis-ea-cannot-afford-to-ignore from a former USAID lead. It contains some other possibles.