If anyone is interested, here are some personal comments related to how this post was collectively drafted. Only for informative purposes, and nothing else.
It was drafted with the hopes that it would be read in good faith. Unfortunately, it was also drafted with multiple concerns and worries, including about its reception. (As I’m writing this comment, I can say most readers have shown their empathy, and we’ve truly appreciated this at such times).
There has never been an aim to re-direct donations that could have gone to i.e. those top-recommended by GiveWell, nor to make the case that donating to these organizations is the “most effective” giving options out of many cause areas and interventions. The former is undesirable, and the latter is simply impossible to argue. (We’ve tried to make it clear that the options shared are the relatively more effective ones for this specific cause, with the curation limited to best efforts, in the very severe aftermath of the devastating earthquakes).
We’ve had particularly those of you considerately reaching out and checking in on the community members in Turkey in mind and/or are concerned with the ongoing situation on the ground, and once again, we extend our deepest thanks to you.
We’ve also had the community in Turkey and community members of Turkish originate or have other ties with Turkey elsewhere in the world in mind i.e. silence on some matters can be hurtful in itself.Turkey is an earthquake zone, many of us have experienced or at least felt earthquakes before, however, this has been exceptionally immense. This is the worst natural disaster most people in Turkey are going through in their lifetimes, even for those of us not in the areas directly hit by the earthquake.
If anyone is interested, here are some personal comments related to how this post was collectively drafted. Only for informative purposes, and nothing else.
It was drafted with the hopes that it would be read in good faith. Unfortunately, it was also drafted with multiple concerns and worries, including about its reception. (As I’m writing this comment, I can say most readers have shown their empathy, and we’ve truly appreciated this at such times).
There has never been an aim to re-direct donations that could have gone to i.e. those top-recommended by GiveWell, nor to make the case that donating to these organizations is the “most effective” giving options out of many cause areas and interventions. The former is undesirable, and the latter is simply impossible to argue. (We’ve tried to make it clear that the options shared are the relatively more effective ones for this specific cause, with the curation limited to best efforts, in the very severe aftermath of the devastating earthquakes).
We’ve had particularly those of you considerately reaching out and checking in on the community members in Turkey in mind and/or are concerned with the ongoing situation on the ground, and once again, we extend our deepest thanks to you.
We’ve also had the community in Turkey and community members of Turkish originate or have other ties with Turkey elsewhere in the world in mind i.e. silence on some matters can be hurtful in itself. Turkey is an earthquake zone, many of us have experienced or at least felt earthquakes before, however, this has been exceptionally immense. This is the worst natural disaster most people in Turkey are going through in their lifetimes, even for those of us not in the areas directly hit by the earthquake.