How to Make a Difference by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

This lecture teaches you that small donations really do make a big difference, despite common misconceptions.

This lecture teaches you that not all charitable organizations use their donations to benefit those in need, so you can learn how to donate to charities that truly make an impact.

This lecture teaches you about effective altruism as a means to ensure your donation goes to a charity that truly makes an impact, and it uses GiveWell.org as an example of this movement.

This lecture teaches you what you can do to make a difference, and how to go about making smart donations that will benefit the most people.

This lecture tells you the story of a child named Johnny Weethee and explains how adverse childhood experiences affect a person later in life.

This lecture teaches you about the Nurse-Family Partnership and its work coaching parents through their children's first years of life.

This lecture teaches you about the rich-poor achievement gap, as well as the vital importance of early childhood education.

This lecture teaches you about the early intervention work of Perry Preschool and Head Start.

This lecture teaches you what grit is, and why a person's character plays a major role in their ability to escape poverty.

This lecture teaches you about the negative outcomes of teen pregnancy, and the positive impact of coaching teens in high school to help them get into college and become employed.

This lecture teaches you the various ways that you can make a difference for young children and teens who are struggling to escape the cycle of poverty.

This lecture teaches you about the benefits of investing in girls' education to fight global poverty.

This lecture teaches you how improving the education of girls and empowering them can help decrease violence.

This lecture teaches you the story of Ann and Angeline so you can understand the struggles of girls who wish to go to school, and the people who are making a difference.

This lecture teaches you about female sex slavery, trafficking, and prostitution around the world, and what needs to be done to stop it.

In this lecture, Nick shares the story of Srey Neth and Srey Momm to highlight the ambiguities of trafficked women who are free versus enslaved.

This lecture teaches you about the struggles involved with solving the prostitution problem and about the solutions that are most likely to work to liberate women across the globe.

This lecture teaches you about sex slavery in the US, and what is being done to address the issue.

This lecture teaches you the ways that you can help defeat modern slavery in the US and around the globe.

This lecture teaches you about female genital cutting around the world, including where it occurs and how often it occurs.

This lecture teaches you about cultural imperialism and, through the example of Chinese foot binding, you'll learn how it can bring about change in societies around the world.

This lecture teaches you Molly Melching’s story to describe how grassroots efforts are working to end female genital cutting through education.

This lecture teaches you what you can do to combat female genital cutting.

This lecture shares Mahabouba’s incredible story: she suffered fistulas during childbirth, survived, and was helped by rural medical services.

This lecture teaches you about global maternal mortality rates and its causes, including fistulas and a lack of access to quality medical care.

This lecture shares the story of Prudence, a woman who died while suffering from obstructed labor in a hospital that refused to give her proper emergency treatment.

This lecture teaches you the main reasons why women around the globe die during childbirth.

This lecture teaches you the steps that you can take to help reduce maternal mortality and give women the health care that they need. This includes promoting education, making family planning more available, and donating to hospitals that are helping women.

This lecture teaches you about the reason that those living in poverty may engage in self-destructive behaviors, and the interventions that can break negative those patterns to create hope.

This lecture teaches you the steps you can take to spread hope and help people help themselves.

This lecture teaches you about how altruism survived evolution, as well as the genetic markers of compassion, the biochemistry of altruism, competitive altruism, and how giving affects the brain and your life.

This lecture teaches you about the effect of wealth on giving and altruism.

This lecture teaches you about study that found that altruists live longer and feel happier, as well as the effects of generosity on the human brain.

This lecture teaches you about social contagion's effect on giving, and the fact that generosity is contagious.

This lecture teaches you what you can do to be more generous and help others, such as making giving a social activity rather than a solitary one.

This lecture teaches you how to incorporate giving into your daily life, how to stop viewing giving as a sacrifice, and how to stay positive by focusing on the progress being made around the world.

This lecture concludes the course and teaches you how to set yourself on a path towards helping others and alleviating poverty.