Tuesday
Jul252017
Help Nino Khurtsidze Overcome Cancer
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 4:09PM
More here. I don't know Nino Khurtsidze or anyone associated with her; I'm just trying to help her out. 150,000 Euros for chemotherapy treatments is a lot of money, so please consider pitching in.
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Reader Comments (1)
Nothing against Nino Khurtsidze, of whom I also know nothing, but 150,000 Euros is indeed a lot of money. If you want to raise that kind of sum for complete strangers then (i) good for you, but (ii) you could save maybe 20 lives with that elsewhere. Something to think about.
http://www.givewell.org/giving101/Your-dollar-goes-further-overseas
[DM: I'm not suggesting that you personally throw in the entire amount. :) Nor am I suggesting that you or anyone else not give elsewhere or take the money you normally give this month and give it to Khurtsidze instead. But I don't think we are obliged to take a purely utilitarian position when it comes to giving, either. We have duties to our families, for instance, and don't say "Sorry kids, you don't get to eat this month because I can feed many more kids overseas!" Khurtsidze isn't family, but players we know well in the chess world are somewhat more than strangers.]