Results List
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Strategies for Implementing School-Based Services
Source: Child Trends
Top practitioners and policymakers from New Mexico share what they learned in implementing school-based health services and extended learning opportunities in this case study prepared by Child Trends. Elev8 New Mexico is an initiative of the Children & Youth Programme of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and…
Resource type: Research Report
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Training Socially Committed Physicians for the World’s Most Vulnerable Communities
Gail Reed, MEDICC’s co-founder, speaks at TEDMED about the unique mission of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School. Dr. Castillo examines a young patient. Photo: C. Gorry, MEDICC After graduating from Cuba’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in 2005, Dr. Luther Castillo, a young Honduran of Garifuna…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Viet Nam Helmet Law
Fewer Vietnamese are dying and being injured since the National Helmet Law took effect 15 December 2007, requiring all motorbike users to wear approved helmets. This accomplishment is the culmination of diligent work by the government, including the Ministry of Health, and organisations such as…
Resource type: Video
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Change Comes to Washington: Will it Come to Philanthropy, Too?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…
Resource type: Speech
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Partners in Injury Prevention
Motorbikes are the transportation of choice in Viet Nam. They jam the streets of Ha Noi, Da Nang and other cities, and their noisy engines pierce the tranquility of the countryside. Families of four, including tiny infants, may squeeze onto one bike, and business people…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Some Reflections on Philanthropy and Government
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, gives the Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the United Neighborhood Houses in New York City. I appreciate the invitation to share some thoughts with the board and staff members of the settlement houses and other…
Resource type: Speech
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Brief: Elev8 Chicago: Demonstrating the Power and Potential of Community Schools
Source: Elev8 Chicago
Communities across the country are grappling with the challenge of preparing young people for a bright future. Elev8 Chicago – an Atlantic-supported initiative to strengthen community schools by providing, school-based health services and after-school programmes and enhancing family engagement – has made a positive difference…
Resource type: Research Report
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Building a Movement for Elder Women’s Advocacy
Source: The Womens Foundation of California
A report offers three key recommendations for California advocates and policymakers to follow to ensure that elder women age with well-being, dignity and economic security, according to this report on The Elder Women’s Initiative, a 2008 effort to build a movement led by elder women…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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An Innovative Community-Based Programme for Preparing Nurses
The health system of South Africa can only be as good as the people who work in it,“ says Professor Thembisile Khanyile, Director of University of the Western Cape School of Nursing. “The strategy is to increase the number of nurses to provide primary care…
Resource type: Grantee Story