This will be less than 1650 pounds to move someone on the margin, since 33k is total funding and some of it must be covering fixed costs.
This is a crazy low cost to migrate people once you consider visa/legal costs, and it makes me worry that they are not providing a good enough landing pad for people in the countries that they move to. That’s not a fatal flaw—it could be easily fixed if they had more money—but that will push up the cost of moving someone.
In general, one time interventions that cause persistent benefits to people will be quite effective because they don’t have any cumulative costs.
The effectiveness of Trans Rescue will depend tremendously on the implementation and trustworthiness of the organization, like you pointed out. I think it would make sense for EA grantmakers to reach out to them for a vetting/offering them a small grant and monitor them. If all goes well this could be pretty effective.
I would absolutely love to see the result of vetting from someone more experienced than myself (that is, experienced at all). I’ve been out of the loop for a while—is EA Funds the main EA grantmaker, or are there others too?
Given the low amount of funding overall, I suspect board members or volunteers might be contributing to the organization’s operating expenses in a way that isn’t tracked, which could substantially change the equation. The financial report they published was focused on proving they were using donations for the stated purpose, and not really intended for an efficiency evaluation.
These are all great points; thank you for raising them.
Aside from the Kenyan clients (who don’t leave their country and instead get a safer place to stay and help finding jobs in a safer part of their own country), they ultimately get settled as refugees facing persecution.
Talking of transrescue it makes me sad each time Anne name is mentioned, am the one who introduced Anne and transrescue to east Africa, to be specific Kenya.
Anne is the type of person who would control everyone and anyone.
A few things that come to mind:
This will be less than 1650 pounds to move someone on the margin, since 33k is total funding and some of it must be covering fixed costs.
This is a crazy low cost to migrate people once you consider visa/legal costs, and it makes me worry that they are not providing a good enough landing pad for people in the countries that they move to. That’s not a fatal flaw—it could be easily fixed if they had more money—but that will push up the cost of moving someone.
In general, one time interventions that cause persistent benefits to people will be quite effective because they don’t have any cumulative costs.
The effectiveness of Trans Rescue will depend tremendously on the implementation and trustworthiness of the organization, like you pointed out. I think it would make sense for EA grantmakers to reach out to them for a vetting/offering them a small grant and monitor them. If all goes well this could be pretty effective.
I would absolutely love to see the result of vetting from someone more experienced than myself (that is, experienced at all). I’ve been out of the loop for a while—is EA Funds the main EA grantmaker, or are there others too?
Given the low amount of funding overall, I suspect board members or volunteers might be contributing to the organization’s operating expenses in a way that isn’t tracked, which could substantially change the equation. The financial report they published was focused on proving they were using donations for the stated purpose, and not really intended for an efficiency evaluation.
These are all great points; thank you for raising them.
On 2, couldn’t they settle as refugees (facing persecution)? Governments should cover the costs.
In Canada, private individuals can also sponsor refugees by covering their living expenses. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/help-outside-canada/private-sponsorship-program.html
Aside from the Kenyan clients (who don’t leave their country and instead get a safer place to stay and help finding jobs in a safer part of their own country), they ultimately get settled as refugees facing persecution.
Talking of transrescue it makes me sad each time Anne name is mentioned, am the one who introduced Anne and transrescue to east Africa, to be specific Kenya. Anne is the type of person who would control everyone and anyone.