This post shares our journey in starting an Effective Altruism (EA) charity/project focused on Mediterranean fish welfare, the challenges we faced, our key learnings, and the reasons behind our decision to conclude the project. Actual research results are published in a Literature review and article. Key points The key points of this post are summarized as follows: We launched a project with the goal of enhancing fish welfare in Mediterranean aquaculture. We chose to limit our project to gathering information and decided against continuing our advocacy efforts after our initial six months. Our strategy, which focused on farmer-friendly outreach, was not effective in engaging farmers. The rationale behind our decision is the recognition that existing organizations are already performing excellent work, and we believe that funders should support these established organizations instead of starting a new one. The support and resources from the Effective Altruism (EA) and [...] ---Outline:(00:24) Key points(01:41) Personal/Project background(02:52) Why work on Mediterranean fish welfare?(06:46) Project plans and initial work(10:32) Initial work(13:12) Farmer outreach(19:52) Wrapping up the project(21:33) Other takeaways from starting a project(23:48) Resources for launching a new charityThe original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. ---
First published:
February 26th, 2024

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/z59wybc56FCAysrAe/how-we-started-our-own-ea-charity-and-why-we-decided-to-wrap
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