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@FoundersPledge recommended Nigerian-American nonprofit tackling childhood malnutrition through treatment and innovation.

Washington DC Katılım Şubat 2020
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Our new data collectors are hard at work learning how to collect information about childhood nutrition (e.g., height and weight) in the field 🏥! Learn more about what they're training for (a new study on relapse 👀) at tinyurl.com/relapsestudy.
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⭐ We’re Hiring! ⭐ We’re seeking candidates with exceptional communication skills, familiarity with Effective Altruist values, and a passion for Taimaka’s work to join our team and oversee our partnerships efforts. Check out the opportunities ✨: taimaka.org/work-with-us
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We've loved working with the The Agency Fund! They've consistently embraced one of our core values – learning for impact – which has allowed us to pursue greater cost-effectiveness through our successes AND failures.
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🌟 Grantee spotlight: @TaimakaProject is an outcomes-focused learning organization. They’re making malnutrition treatment cheaper, better, and simpler so that scarce resources can save more lives. In this podcast, co-founders Abubakar Umar and Justin Graham discuss what non-profits like theirs can gain from embracing an evidence-based culture. Tune in to episode 075 here: 5oaksconsulting.org/podcast/

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We've made huge strides for the children who need it most! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce the release of our Annual Report for 2023! Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/199yEnX….
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It's out! Listen to our co-founders, Abubakar Umar and Justin Graham, chat with Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken on the #NGOSoulandStrategy podcast about being an outcomes-oriented, learning organization! 🚀 5oaksconsulting.org/podcast/
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🌟 Dropping tomorrow!! 🌟 Check out the link to hear our founders, Dr. Umar and Justin chat about what it means to 1) maintain a start-up culture while growing and 2) put evidence into action! 5oaksconsulting.org/podcast/
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Who’s on our team? We have an all-star team of public health experts, doctors, nurses, community health workers (CHWs), and researchers who live and work in Gombe State, Nigeria. Check out this pic of some of our CHWs! #behindthescenes
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How do we evaluate impact? We use gold-standard 🏆methods like randomized control trials (RCTs) 📈and work with academics to ensure that we have unbiased assessments. Then, we use cost-effectiveness analyses to translate outcomes to impact! tinyurl.com/taimaka-studies
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What kinds of evidence do we use? We consult peer-reviewed lit, experts in the field, grey lit from other nonprofits 📖, and caregivers and staff from our program 🏥! Check out one of our academic-focused lit reviews from last year ⏩tinyurl.com/taimaka-emergi… #behindthescenes
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How do we make decisions? We're guided by a north star 🌟 of cost-effectiveness – doing the most good possible with the resources 💸that we have. Check out an example of a big decision we made to focus on malnutrition ⏩ tinyurl.com/taimaka-decisi…#behindthescenes
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Over the next few weeks, we're going behind the scenes at Taimaka🔍 . How do we make decisions? What evidence do we use? 📖 How do we evaluate impact? Who is on our team? If you have other big questions for us, let us know! 🤔tinyurl.com/taimaka-questi… #behindthescenes
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Celebrate 2023 with Taimaka! ✨ Check out "Taimaka Wrapped" 🎁 (aka our year in review!) here: tinyurl.com/wrapped-taimaka
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If you're looking for a bit of optimism - check out the Azurit Foundation's blog about all of the things that inspired them and their partners (including us) this year! 💫 azuritfoundation.org/what-inspired-…
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Happy #GivingTuesday! Join us by supporting our malnutrition treatment program, OR by supporting a brand new innovation focused on maternal mental health! Read more at taimaka.org/innovations
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Happy Thanksgiving! As we gear up for #GivingTuesday, we're excited about the innovations we'll be launching in 2024 with your support! More on what we have planned later this winter... #innovation #acutemalnutrition
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Childhood malnutrition is a massive crisis, but we think it's solvable – especially through #moonshot policy approaches! Check out this @unlockaid interview with our team about leveraging U.S. development policy to solve malnutrition: sdgsmoonshots.org/a-world-where-…
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