Low-Cost Actions
Life-Changing Impact
MACOL Foundation
We support proven, low-investment interventions that dramatically improve the health and future of children in the world’s poorest communities.
MACOL is a charitable initiative dedicated to identifying and supporting low-cost, high-impact programs that improve the lives of children in low-income countries.
Low cost
High impact
Measurable results
We focus on evidence-based interventions that prevent disease, improve physical and cognitive development, and create lasting opportunity — with efficiency, transparency, and measurable results as core principles.
FROM PREVENTION TO OPPORTUNITY
Proven solutions exist for many of the challenges children face in low-income settings.
PREVENTABLE
WIDESPREAD
OFTEN OVERLOOKED
Millions of children in low-income countries suffer from preventable conditions caused by poor sanitation, infectious diseases, and nutritional deficiencies. These challenges quietly undermine health, learning, and long-term opportunity — often from early childhood onward.
PROVEN
SCALABLE
COST-EFFECTIVE
Decades of global health research show that targeted interventions — such as disease prevention, basic treatments, and nutritional support — can dramatically improve outcomes when applied early, consistently, and at scale.
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Targeted, evidence-based interventions with outsized impact for children.
Early exposure
Lasting consequences
We focus on a small number of well-understood health and development challenges that disproportionately affect children in low-income countries. These include preventable infectious diseases, parasitic infections, and nutritional deficiencies that cause lifelong harm if left untreated.
Simple to deliver
Backed by evidence
Our current focus includes interventions such as the SAFE strategy to prevent trachoma-related blindness, school-based deworming programs to reduce parasitic infections, and micronutrient supplementation to combat childhood anemia and malnutrition.
FOLLOW OUR WORK
Occasional updates on the interventions we support and the impact they achieve.
You’ll receive occasional updates on the interventions we support and the impact they achieve. We value clarity, evidence, and respect for your attention.