Going forward, this podcast is going to be a kind of accompaniment to the Protect The World documentary series.

In case you missed it, the first episode of that was released on January 1st, and it featured an incredible not-for-profit organisation from southwest Uganda called Conservation Through Public Health. You can check it out here if you haven’t already seen it: https://youtu.be/WYck84tlqSM

I’ll be producing eleven more of those documentaries over the course of this year, and, like the first one, they’ll largely revolve around interviews with the organisation’s founder or director.

While the documentaries are edited and stylised, these podcasts will simply be the full recordings of my conversations with these amazing individuals. They’re designed to provide added context to the documentaries for anyone who wants to learn more about the organisations and the people behind them.

This first episode contains my entire conversation with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka – founder and director of Conservation Through Public Health.

As always, half the money that came into the Patreon this month was donated directly to Conservation Through Public Health. If you'd like to help me give more money to more amazing NGOs in the future, please consider signing up at patreon.com/brodiehopkinsmedia for as little as $5 a month.

In this episode of Protect The World, I speak with Caroline Teti – one of the vice presidents at GiveDirectly.

GiveDirectly is global non-profit organisation dedicated to the alleviation of poverty through unconditional cash transfers. Their core philosophy is that individuals and communities living in poverty know their needs best. GiveDirectly uses a range of innovative technologies to identify and connect with the world's poorest people, and then they send them money – no strings attached.

Born in rural Kenya, Caroline has spent over a decade working across the non-profit sector in Africa – from water and sanitation, to education and reproductive health – before finally coming to the conclusion that cash transfers were the most effective and dignified way of tackling poverty. Through GiveDirectly, she's also helped to implement the world's largest and longest Universal Basic Income program – providing ongoing payments to 23,000 people over 12 years.

With a strong focus on research and evidence-based programs, I found GiveDirectly's highly pragmatic approach to poverty alleviation to be unique and refreshing, and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

As always, half the funds that came into the Patreon this month were donated to GiveDirectly. This money will go straight into the hands of those living in extreme poverty.

You can donate to GiveDirectly by visiting givedirectly.org, and if you'd like to help me give more money to more amazing NGOs in the future, please consider signing up to the Patreon for as little as $5 a month at patreon.com/brodiehopkinsmedia

You can follow GiveDirectly on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and you can also follow the rest of my own work on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

A huge thank you to everyone who supports this podcast, and to Caroline Teti for joining me on this episode. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to leave a review and share it with your friends and family. Thanks for listening!

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Additional Links:

GiveDirectly

Unconditional Cash Transfers

Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Research

Kenya UBI Program