My name is Boris Yakubchik, aka YBoris. I have recently quit my Educational Psychology Ph.D. program at Rutgers University to become a professional donor. I am extremely lucky to be living in a country where I am able to earn enough money to provide for all my needs: food, shelter, and clothing, while at the same helping the world's neediest through monetary donations to the most effective charitable organizations.

Persuaded by various philosophical arguments (e.g. Peter Singer, Peter Unger, Larry Temkin, Dead Baby Currency, etc) I happilly recognize it to be a moral duty to help others in best ways I can. Currently, in the world of vast inequalities, I can best do it through monetary donations to the most cost-effective charitable organizations. For several years I have been donating on a monthly basis, but starting January 2010 I joined Giving What We Can, committing a minimum of 10% of my pre-tax income to charities that do the most good. In choosing those I look at GiveWell which assesses numerous charities based on a reasonable set of explicit criteria.

For those less at ease about doing the most good by donating money, I offer a suggestion: lend! Kiva.org is a wonderful organization through which I have lent large amount of money to people in need. Once the money is paid back - you can re-lend it again and again.

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