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 […]
President Weah Donates To Muslims
Monrovia, Liberia: President George Manneh Weah has made a compassionate donation to Liberian Muslims in support of the Holy Month of Ramadan; a time Muslims commit themselves to fasting and praying. The donation includes two thousands bags of rice, one hundred cartoons of fish and $2,000.00 (Two Thousands United States Dollars). Internal Affairs Minister Varney […]
Gender Equality, Women Empowerment Are Philanthropic Foundations
Education is the most prominent area of philanthropic focus in all regions across the world, a new report conducted by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Hauser Institute for Civil Society, has shown. The Global Philanthropy Report, released on Thursday, revealed that 35 per cent of 28,988 foundations researched across the world focused, at least some […]
Farmer Feeds Vulnerable Pupils At Otjivero School
Omaheke region farmer Marina Lamprecht donated 240 kilograms of maize meal to the Otjivero Primary School last Friday after food for the government’s school-feeding program did not arrive. Lamprecht said she was on standby to deliver more should the ministry of education’s much-anticipated supply not arrive during this week too. She said although it is […]
€8.5 Million Grant For Sudan On World Environment Day
On the occasion of the World Environment Day today, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sudan announced a grant of €8.5 million for projects addressing climate change in the country. The projects are financed by the EU Global Climate Change Alliance+ (GCCA+), the EU delegation to Sudan said in a statement today. “The […]
David Rockefeller, Last Grandchild Of John D. Rockefeller, Dies
Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller, a former head of Chase Manhattan bank and a luminary in political circles, died Monday at the age of 101, a spokesman said. He died in his sleep due to congestive heart failure at his home in Pocantico Hills, just north of New York City, spokesman Fraser Seitel said. The last […]
Somali Snapchat Guru Raises U.S.$27k For A Girl’s Medical Treatment In Turkey
A Mogadishu girl from a poor background who has been affected by a rare skin disease is expected to fly to Turkey after wellwishers raised $26,947 through a Snapchat campaign. Dahir Qureishi has one of the highest number of followers on Snapchat in Somalia and took advantage of this to help in charity work. He […]
Feature : Growing The Next Generation With CAVSI
The moment you discover what you live to die for, then life is worth living. Quite a number of times, our problems can be solved out of the government, our community can grow without the attention of the local government chairman if we decide to use what we have effectively. Most times, the greenlight the […]
Italy Grants Half A Million Euros For UNICEF Project In Sudan’s Red Sea State
The Italian government, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, is to provide €500,000 for a new project to be implemented by Children’s Rights & Emergency Relief Organization Unicef-implemented in Sudan’s Red Sea state. A joint press statement by Unicef and the Italian government says that the 12-month project is to be implemented in five […]
Questions So Simple We Never Ask Them: Helping Families Meet Basic Needs
As a social worker, I was trained to look for underlying causes behind behaviors that could ultimately harm my clients. If Thomas was missing school day after day, I would swing into action: Was he depressed? Abusing drugs? Did he have unmet special education needs? Were his parents not providing adequate supervision and enforcing rules? […]
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