Hi everyone, my name is Andrew Youn. I am co-founder of One Acre Fund and Prevail Fund. One Acre Fund is an NGO serving farmers in Africa. About half of the world’s $1-a-day poor are African farmers, and our goal is to help them earn more income. We provide farm services to about 6 million families currently. As part of this work, I lived in rural parts of East Africa for more than ten years.
Prevail Fund is a younger org that raises funding for and launches “mega projects” with narrow goals. Our only fund so far supports 25 education orgs in Africa and South Asia that work through government public school systems to advance foundational literacy and numeracy, have evidence, and good cost-effectiveness. We are also working on two new funds this year.
I have long felt aligned with many principles of the EA movement, and along with everyone else was inspired by Singer and other ethicists early on. One thing I appreciate is the meritocracy of ideas in the EA community, and I have learned a lot over the years from various posts and members. I plan to do some writing around two themes: Big Goal projects, and hopefully some stuff about on-the-ground field realities - which I personally think are both relevant and under-addressed in the world today. First post soon hopefully, if I can gather up the courage? I appreciated the guidance for writers to not make things perfect. I’m good at that!
Hi everyone, my name is Andrew Youn. I am co-founder of One Acre Fund and Prevail Fund. One Acre Fund is an NGO serving farmers in Africa. About half of the world’s $1-a-day poor are African farmers, and our goal is to help them earn more income. We provide farm services to about 6 million families currently. As part of this work, I lived in rural parts of East Africa for more than ten years.
Prevail Fund is a younger org that raises funding for and launches “mega projects” with narrow goals. Our only fund so far supports 25 education orgs in Africa and South Asia that work through government public school systems to advance foundational literacy and numeracy, have evidence, and good cost-effectiveness. We are also working on two new funds this year.
I have long felt aligned with many principles of the EA movement, and along with everyone else was inspired by Singer and other ethicists early on. One thing I appreciate is the meritocracy of ideas in the EA community, and I have learned a lot over the years from various posts and members. I plan to do some writing around two themes: Big Goal projects, and hopefully some stuff about on-the-ground field realities - which I personally think are both relevant and under-addressed in the world today. First post soon hopefully, if I can gather up the courage? I appreciated the guidance for writers to not make things perfect. I’m good at that!