1. “Partners in Health.” Partners in Health. p., n.d. Web 18 March 2017.

The Partners in Health website has been created by the charity itself for potential donors to be given insight into the charity’s mission, goals, and overall effectiveness across multiple different dimensions. The website has been incredibly helpful for our group in allowing us to really understand what the Partners in Health organization actually is and what it is setting out to accomplish. This website has provided some very beneficial information and will continue to be of use to our group as we continue in the project because it is not only very reliable, but it is very clear to understand.

Our group could use the Partners in Health Website to advocate that the charity is “doing the most good” like we have discussed in class and MacAskill has talked about in his book. The website provides the reader with the clear goals of the organization under a tab on the website title “Our Mission.” On this page, the goals that are outlined are: “to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.” Partners in Health also directly outlines the countries that are receiving funds and the amount of people who are receiving the help that they need. The website is structured very well so that a visitor on the page would be able to search and find exactly what they were looking for, rather than be tricked like many other websites. Thus, we could use this website to show how effective the charity has been with its funds and allocating them to those who need them most.

2. “Partners in Health.” N.p., n.d. Web 18 March 2017.

The Skoll Foundation was founded in 199 by Jeff Skoll in order to help him pursue his vision of a sustainable world with peace and prosperity. The following quote summarizes what the Skoll Foundation is all about, “The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.” This foundation awarded Partners in Health with their Skoll Award in 2008 due to their goals, impact/ability to change, and their ambition.

This website is helpful for our group because it outlines some more information about PIH that was not on the organization’s website. It also adds credibility to the organization as a whole and gives weight to how successful PIH has been in its endeavors. This source has been around for a while and it has been recognizing different organizations for their ability to impact positive change throughout the world. It also gives more insight into the founder of PIH, his initial goals, and his successes with the organization as far as 2008. It is also important to note that the website has since updated its information on PIH and how the organization has continued to remain effective in the years following being the recipient of the Skoll Award in 2008. We will use this source to demonstrate the effectiveness of the charity and its known ability to have a positive impact on a wide variety of individuals who are in desperate need of aid.

3. Hamblin, James. “The Moral Medical Mission: Partners In Health 25 Years On.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 01 Oct. 2012. Web. 18 Mar. 2017.

This article focuses on how Partners in Health originated and how it has come to be such a success over the years. A main focus of the article was on the direct impact that PIH has had in creating medical centers that have been successfully treating individuals with different types of illnesses. It brings about the fact that PIH has been instrumental in advancing the treatment in many different infectious diseases that used to wipe out entire families in Rwanda, and due to their successes in this area they have been able to focus on the treatment of different types of illnesses. One area they have been able to focus on is the high rate of cancer in Rwanda that often went untreated and is now given a lot more attention.

This article will yet again add to the argument that our group will make about the effectiveness of PIH as a whole. It speaks of the goals of the organization, some of the successes that the organization has seen, and why it has been so successful. We could tie in the base beliefs of the founders that the author addressed throughout the entire article. It allows the reader to see that PIH has been so effective and successful due to the partnerships that it has formed throughout the duration of its existence. This would be very helpful in our paper because it allows us to show a quantifiable success story rather than just refer to statistics and studies on a website.

4. “Rating for Partners In Health.” Charity Navigator. p., n.d. Web 18 March 2017.

This source provides direct statistical evidence that point to the effectiveness of the charity. It helps to show just how transparent this organization is and what leads to their successful allocation of funds.

5. “Dr. Farmer’s Remedy For World Health.” CBS News. CBS Interactive, 04 May 2008. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

This source will help us to continue to argue just how effective PIH is because it offers an interview with Paul Farmer and shows what steps he has taken to allow PIH to become the global success that it is now. It mentions the emphasis on the goals of the organization and the ability to use community to achieve these goals, rather than trying to solve the world’s problems alone.

6. Kantegwa, Sharon. “New University to Integrate Development into Health Sector.” The New Times Rwanda. p., n.d. Web 18 March 2017.

This article is helpful because it shows that PIH is continuing to advance their ability to make an impact in the world of global health- not just in the world of hospitals and physical health, but also in educating individuals to allow for a world where more people are conscious of how the importance of healthcare.