Charity shouldn't be thought of as self-sacrifice -- it can makes us happy and give our lives meaning.LINKS:Great talk by Dan Gilbert on happiness: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy?language=enGivewell.orgGivingWhatWeCan.orgCheck out "Doing Good Better" here: http://amzn.to/1RP04P0Check out "Reason in a Dark Time" here: http://amzn.to/1ViJD0mEvidence for improvements in Africa: http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21572377-african-lives-have-already-greatly-improved-over-past-decade-says-oliver-augusthttp://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/amf"Malaria is preventable and treatable, and history shows that it can be eliminated. Less than a century ago, it was prevalent across the world, including Europe and North America. Malaria was eliminated in most of Western Europe by the mid-1930s; the United States achieved elimination of the disease in 1951."http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Health/Malaria#TheOpportunity