5 Steps To Help Turn Interest Into Action

Here’s a situation: A few hundred people, maybe more, start acting like they care about what you do, decide to follow you on social media, and/or sign up for your email list. But when it comes to needing them to actually take action for your cause, they pretty much disappear. Sound familiar? It’s a scenario […]
World Bank approves fresh $700m loan for Nigeria

The World Bank has approved a fresh $700m loan for Nigeria to enhance adolescent girls’ learning and empowerment. It disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Friday. The new loan is to provide additional funds for an ongoing project known as the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment. The statement read, […]
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network announces $34 million in grants

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) has announced more than $34 million in research investments. The organization’s largest-ever single-year research investment includes support for its large-scale scientific and clinical initiatives and nine new grants. The awards will support PanCAN’s efforts to find an early detection strategy and accelerate treatment options for people with pancreatic cancer. As the third […]
Program to Prepare 200 Women to Run for Elective Office Launched

A program to promote meaningful participation of women in politics was launched on 28 December. The program will train and coach 200 women drawn from all 15 counties on effective political participation. The training kicks off on January 3 and will run until January 5, 2022. It aims to boost women’s confidence and their activism […]
Liberia Gets Major Funding From World Bank

Two financing agreements were on Friday, March 12, 2021, approved by the World Bank, through the International Development Association, a statement posted on the Information Ministry Facebook page Tuesday, March 16, 2021, has disclosed. The agreements under the banner of the “IDA Support program” seek to increase access to sustainable, reliable and affordable energy, and […]
Old Mutual Medical Equipment Donation Breathes Life Into Malawi’s Covid-19 Fight

Premier financial services provider, Old Mutual (Malawi) Limited, has donated assorted medicine and personal protective equipment (PPE) worth K30 million to Blantyre and Lilongwe District Health Offices (DHOs) to help the two offices in the fight against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Chief Executive Officer for Old Mutual (Malawi) Limited, Edith Jiya, said the donation is […]
Sri Lanka’s ‘Foundation of Goodness’ Turns Around A Village Decimated By Tsunami

When Kushil Gunasekera returned to Seenigama in Sri Lanka’s Galle district days after it was wiped out by a massive tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, he got to work. Houses had collapsed, bodies floated in the seawater that had invaded inland, and one in four residents of the community of about 1,200 people had been […]
N$60m Added To Drought Relief Aid In Namibia

The latest donation by the NPTH is a response to the government’s pleas, with the aim of assisting in the effective implementation of the government-led drought relief programme. NAMIBIA Post and Telecom Holdings yesterday donated N$60 million towards the alleviation of drought during a handover ceremony held at the information ministry in Windhoek. Namibia Post […]
Global Fund Welcomes Japan’s Commitment To Save One Million Lives

The Global Fund praised the great leadership by the Government of Japan for its renewed, strong commitment against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria with funding that will contribute to saving one million lives in the coming three-year period. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Japan’s commitment to the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment at the meeting of the […]
World Bank Scales Up Emergency Support for Cyclone Idai Hit Countries

The World Bank today announced that it has mobilized over half a billion dollars in new resources to help people in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe affected by the assessed impact of Cyclone Idai. The World Bank is activating the International Development Association (IDA) Crisis Response Window (CRW) to provide up to $545 million in total […]