Sjir Hoeijmakers on a small commitment that will help millions of animals

About this episode

Sjir Hoeijmakers discusses the importance of donating 10% of income to effective animal charities.

Today we're talking about a topic that's really important to me personally: donating and effective giving. Specifically, why donating 10% of your income to the most effective animal charities might be one of the most important things you can do to improve the world. To dive deep into this topic, I’m so excited to have Sjir Hoeijmakers on the show today. Sjir is the CEO of Giving What We Can (GWWC), the global organisation promoting effective giving and the 10% pledge. Even more impressive tha...

People in this episode

Host: James Özden

Guest: Sjir Hoeijmakers

Topics covered

• donating
• effective giving
• animal charities
• philanthropy
• 10% pledge

Keywords

• donation
• effective giving
• animal welfare
• charity
• philanthropy
• 10% pledge
• Sjir Hoeijmakers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Giving What We Can

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