Sanjana Patel

Head of Outreach

Our Mission
One for the World is a nonprofit organization on a mission to end extreme poverty. We encourage and motivate students to pledge 1% of their postgraduate income to the most effective causes in the world. The Penn Undergrad chapter is one of seventy plus chapters, and our organization collectively has moved over $1 million dollars to the most effective charities.
To get involved, fill out this form (<a href="https://forms.gle/joSuuWJPJDQSMwm88">https://forms.gle/joSuuWJPJDQSMwm88</a>) to join our club and / or become a student ambassador. If you’re interested in <a href="https://www.1fortheworld.org/pledge-101">taking the pledge</a>, you can do so at <a href="https://donational.org/oftw-penn-undergrad">https://donational.org/oftw-penn-undergrad</a>, or email <a href="mailto:penn.undergrad@1fortheworld.org">penn.undergrad@1fortheworld.org</a> with any questions.
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What We Do 
At the chapter level, our club is focused on education and outreach to gain new pledges. One for the World partners with the research organization <a href="http://givewell.org/">GiveWell</a> to identify the charities that save or improve the most lives for every dollar donated. We hold sessions such as <a href="https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/giving-games/">Giving Games</a> and Giving Lunches to educate about how not all giving is equal and what exactly makes a charity impactful. We then focus on outreach through our Student Ambassador program, encouraging students to pledge 1% of their future income to the <a href="https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities">most effective charities</a> at ending extreme poverty.
In addition to the above, we also work on a variety of side projects. This includes the in-development <a href="https://github.com/oftw-penn/chapter-website">chapter website</a> that can be used for Penn as well as the seventy plus other One for the World chapters, the bonus round campaign with HQ that gathers the bonus round information of top financial firms to facilitate better donor outreach, and the alumni project that builds a network and community of past OFTW leaders and current donors.
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Who We Are
We are a part of the <a href="http://effectivealtruism.org">Effective Altruism</a> movement, which is a group of people using evidence and reasoning to determine how we can do the most good. One for the World is specifically focused on ending extreme poverty because it is a pressing and addressable concern: every day, 14,000 children under the age of 5 die from preventable, poverty-related causes. [<a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/children-reducing-mortality">1</a>] The larger movement encompasses many other ideas, including animal welfare as well as addressing potential existential or catastrophic risks.
Check out philosopher Peter Singer's introduction to the "why and how of effective altruism" below!
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 Getting Involved
Fill out the following form to join our club and / or become a student ambassador: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO-eKis3mpW3R-e508fS8CIXtgybwkIql9BLJDkS-JYsUJJg/viewform . You can indicate what your interests are there; our club is focused on student outreach and getting more people to take the pledge, but we also work on other side projects within the club that anybody is welcome to join. We’ll reach out to you soon after you fill out the form (within a few days), and if you decide to join, invite you to our team’s Slack, Google Drive, and other related materials.
You can also sign up for our listserv <a href="http://eepurl.com/hcrPo5">her</a>e, but the best way to be notified about upcoming events is on this Penn Clubs page and our social media pages (most events are on our Facebook page).

Aravind Viswanathan

Co-President

Ronit Patel

Abhishek Pandya

Member

Adam Goudjil

Akash Wasil

Amelia Pilot

Amjad Hamza

Anonymous

Chris Elliott

Daniel Lapinski

Deven Carse

Erin Feng

Fei Yang

Gloria Rodriguez

Harish Bayana

Jocelyn Greshes

John Burgess

Junyi He

Lauren Shulman

Leyre Marazuela Martinez

Liesl Dietrich

Li Yam Kreiz

Mariam Natroshvili

Mia Kim

Nailah Shabirah

Niamh Hayes

Olivia Canalejo

Raven Wallace

Shreya Singh

Simon Hery

Sofia Wawrzyniak

Tivona Yoel

Yamin Phyu Phyu

Yichen Wang

Yuehao Pan

Yuxuan Zhu

One for the World

Rethinking charitable giving to end extreme poverty.

One for the World is primarily focused on student ambassadors, and talking to fellow students about the 1% pledge; however, there are other initiatives like the tech and alumni teams and the bonus round campaign.

One for the World is a great organization to learn more about extreme poverty, effective altruism, and how to take action through the 1% pledge. UPenn Undergraduate is just one of 50+ chapters, including Berkeley, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Stanford, and more! If you want to learn more, go to 1fortheworld.org.

Joining One for the World was a fantastic way to learn more about the idea of "effective altruism" (https://www.effectivealtruism.org/); if you're interested in learning how to accurately assess charitable effectiveness, and make a real, very tangible impact, this club is a great opportunity.

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