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SCI Foundation

TagLast edit: 19 Aug 2022 20:45 UTC by Pablo

The SCI Foundation (SCI), formerly known as the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, is a charity that works with governments in sub-Saharan Africa to create or scale up deworming programs.

History

SCI was founded in 2002 as an initiative within Imperial College London with a £20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[1] In 2019, SCI became an independent organization, adopting its current name.[1]

Evaluation

SCI was a GiveWell top-rated charity between 2011 and 2022.[2] [3] GiveWell estimates that SCI can deworm a child at a cost of around $1.[4][5]

As of July 2022, SCI Foundation has received over $27.1 million in funding from Open Philanthropy,[6] and $1.5 million from Effective Altruism Funds.[7]

The Life You Can Save features SCI in their list of “best charities”.[8]

Further reading

GiveWell (2021) All content on SCI Foundation, GiveWell, November.

Sánchez, Sebastián et al. (2019) Timeline of Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Timelines Wiki, March 9 (updated 16 April 2021‎).

External links

SCI Foundation. Official website.

Apply for a job.

Donate to the SCI Foundation.

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    SCI Foundation (2020) Our history, SCI Foundation.

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    For the year 2019, GiveWell maintained their recommendation, but noted that while “SCI offers donors an outstanding opportunity to accomplish good with their donations [...], at this time, it does not have capacity to use new donations effectively.”[9] This notice was removed in 2020.

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    GiveWell (2021) SCI Foundation, GiveWell, November.

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    GiveWell (2021) Our top charities, GiveWell, November.

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    Global Health and Development Fund (2018) April 2018: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Effective Altruism Funds, April.

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    The Life You Can Save (2021) Best charities, The Life You Can Save.

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    GiveWell (2019) Our top charities, GiveWell, November.

Carolyn Henry: Elimi­nat­ing Par­a­sitic Worm Infections

EA Global18 Mar 2019 14:57 UTC
14 points
2 comments13 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Ap­ply to run a 2022-23 char­ity election

greg.gianopoulos1 Aug 2022 12:31 UTC
15 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Katie Fan­taguzzi: SCI Foun­da­tion — de­worm­ing done differently

EA Global21 Nov 2020 9:21 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Dona­tions to SCI Foun­da­tion may funge with other work

SoGive1 Nov 2022 12:52 UTC
10 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

Should we give to SCI or fund re­search into schis­to­so­mi­a­sis?

MaxDalton23 Sep 2015 15:00 UTC
10 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
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