Run a Charity Election at a High School (2025)

Run a Charity Election at a High School (2025)

Giving What We Can (GWWC)
Opportunity type
Volunteer
Recurring opportunity
Cause areas
Building Effective Altruism
Global Health & Development
Routes to impact
💡 Direct/Increased Engagement with EA
📖 Learning about Important Cause Areas
🧪 Testing Your Fit for a Certain Career Path
Relevant aptitudes
Community Building
Organization Building, Boosting & Running
Location
Remote
Description
In a charity election, high school students research, discuss, and reflect on three charities before voting to decide which will receive up to $2,000 in sponsored funds.
The programme was designed to inspire meaningful discussions and empower young people to reflect on complex world issues and realise their potential to make a difference. A self-contained slideshow allows teachers to easily run the event, either across a set of classes or the whole school.
For each ballot submitted, Giving What We Can (GWWC) will donate $2 to the charities. This means that each individual ballot cast increases the total amount donated. GWWC will donate up to $2,000 (or its international equivalent) on behalf of your school.
To aid the student decision-making process, teachers are provided with an easily implemented framework for research and discussion around giving effectively. Students are empowered to use reason and evidence as tools for informed decision making, ultimately casting a vote grounded in critical thinking, empathy, and reflection on multiple points of view.
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