The deep sense of fulfillment you come away with when you are altruistic is unparalleled.

Maybe this is why a lot of celebrities, includingKeanu Reeves, give away millions toward charities.

Giving is an act that is known to increase our levels of happiness (viaIntelligent Change).

Giving Tuesday

It often doesn’t take much to become aware of the needs of the people around us.

It acts as a great antidote to all the commercial shopping that usually follows the holiday season.

Here’s a list of five different organizations women may want to donate to this Giving Tuesday.

Wooden pencils

The boy’s response was, “a pencil” (viaLifehack).

Pencils of Promise also focuses on teacher training and providing water and hygiene-related infrastructure to students.

The organization’s efforts span worldwide in places like Africa and Asia (viaForbes).

Child bride

It restricts them from living out life to their full potential, perGrok Nation.

LLINs are known to reduce infant deathrate and cases of malaria.

The organization follows up with distribution areas to evaluate the effectiveness of the nets afterwards.

Child affected by malaria

Environmental organizationLonely Whaledoes a whole lot more than keep plastic out of our oceans.

Contraception methods

Plastic in ocean