Giving to UK-based highly-effective charities from Belgium (with tax-deductibility)

So, before I moved to Belgium from the UK, I supported the UK-based [Schistosomiasis Control Initiative](https://schistosomiasiscontrolinitiative.org/). It’s one of the charities that GiveWell recommend as *saving/improving the most lives per dollar*. It focuses on treating children for an extremely nasty parasitic disease that can otherwise cause brain damage and kidney failure.

I’ve just now discovered that the way to support them while getting Belgian tax relief for the donation is to do so via the King Baudouin Foundation (which is Belgian, as if you couldn’t guess from the name). The information on how to do so is [***here***](https://www.eabelgium.org/donate)*******.

There are other extremely effective charities that you can support in the same way, including GiveDirectly, which transfers small grants of money directly to people who are in the worst poverty, and the Malaria Consortium which focuses on malaria prevention. Again, information on how to do that is [***here***](https://www.eabelgium.org/donate)***.***

* The account number there can be verified as being the same as the one [on the King Baudouin Foundation website](https://www.kbs-frb.be/en/contact). The KBF takes a 5% fee for admin, but this is still a lot less than the tax rebate. I have checked with the KBF; they will get your address etc from the bank, so they can send your tax certificate — ***you don’t need to register*** or do anything but set up a monthly bank transfer to them with the charity info in the “structured message”.