How to save 10 lives by age 20

5-week online programme exploring how you could actually save 10 lives or more.

You’ll consider whether to aim for this goal or something even more ambitious, then make an action plan to achieve that.

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The programme also offers:

A cohort of smart and curious like-minded people
£100’s worth of free books of your choice
Possibility of a paid position after the programme ends writing book summaries for Leaf’s website and blog (£100 per summary article)

Dates: 27th February to 31st March, 2023 (finished by most schools’ Easter holidays)

Who: Smart, curious, and ambitiously altruistic year 12s currently living or studying in the UK, whatever subjects you are studying — STEM, humanities, social sciences.

Applications: Applications were due by Sunday 12th February, 2023 and have now closed.

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Weekly structure

Interactive videos, engaging quizzes, practical checklists, and other activities
Weekly check-in and discussion with an advisor and 3-5 peers
Optional chats and virtual hangouts with participants exploring similar subjects to you
Discord channel, paired 1:1s, and opportunities to get to know each other

How our previous programme helped

“Since Leaf, I started to volunteer for a few charities based on cause areas that I haven't really considered before.”

Haotong
“Very informative and fun. A chance to engage in debates surrounding the key moral issues of our time, plus an insight into the effective altruism research field and community.”

Arywen
“I have made some amazing friends and it was a really good experience to be surrounded by so many smart and inspirational people.”

Anish

Programme overview

- Discovering your potential: why we think you could save 10 lives
- Saving 10x more lives by choosing careers & charities carefully
- Helping humanity escape extinction
- Forgotten futures and neglected nonhumans
- A framework for prioritising pressing problems
- Exploring opportunities to help others or change the course of history
- Optimising for lifetime impact, not immediate impact
- Choosing a degree that helps you save lives
- Clarifying what you want, so you can actually get it
- Planning concrete next steps

Team

Jamie Harris

After graduating with a first-class degree in history from the University of Oxford, Jamie secured a distinction in his Postgraduate Certificate of Education and taught for several years at a Sixth Form college. He then became a researcher at a think tank and co-founded a nonprofit providing careers advice to individuals hoping to make a positive impact.
Emma Kenzie

Emma is Head of Geography at The Perse School in Cambridge. She runs the school charities and leads a group exploring how students can contribute to building a better future. Outside of school, Emma also facilitates a course exploring similar ideas at Effective Altruism Cambridge. Emma has a BA in Geography, an MSc in International Development, and a PGCE.
Aryan Kinge

Aryan is a year 13 student applying to study economics at uni, who participated in Leaf’s summer programme in 2022. He has set up and runs (alongside friends who also attended Leaf!) a discussion group at his school exploring how students can do the most good. He is also researching solutions to improve the quality of decision-making at different types of institutions.