Our Beyond the Spreadsheets mini-series lets you ride along with our leadership team on their recent weeklong site visit to Malawi. Recorded daily during the trip, the series shares the behind-the-scenes experience of a GiveWell site visit through real-time reflections and clips of conversations. 

On day two, the GiveWell team met with district health officials to learn about the impact of foreign aid funding cuts and visited a local hospital to review health data. Listen to day one here. 

Throughout the week, the team visited health clinics, schools, and local villages to speak with healthcare workers and community members who shared a glimpse into their lives. This new mini-series offers a candid, day-by-day account of our learning process and some of the new insights and questions that will inform our future research. We invite you to listen, subscribe, and follow along!

This episode was recorded on July 31, 2025 during GiveWell's site visit to Malawi and represents our best understanding at that time.