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Parents Give Up Youths Under Law Meant for Babies
by ERIK ECKHOLM OMAHA – The abandonments began on Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here. By Sept. 23, two more boys and one girl, ages 11 to 14, had been abandoned in hospitals in Omaha and Lincoln.…
Author: The New York Times
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Most Influential US-Irish Business Leaders 2008
Original Source Public Services, Politics & Philanthropy Chuck Feeney Atlantic Philanthropies Chuck Feeney is the wealthiest Irish American of his lifetime. Brought up in a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey, Feeney displayed a flair for entrepreneurship from a young age. Finding himself in France after…
Author: Business & Finance (Ireland)
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Why TAC is taking govt to court over refugees
Original Source CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Government inaction in the face of deteriorating living conditions in camps for displaced foreign nationals has forced refugees to take legal steps against the state, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) said on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Cape…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online (South Africa)
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SA in danger of not reducing child mortality
Original Source By Yugendree Naidoo Health experts have warned that South Africa’s chances of meeting United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child mortality are becoming increasingly slim. The warning is the latest red light on child mortality after a Medical Research Council study…
Author: The Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.5 Million for Vietnamese Hospital Expansion
Original Source Atlantic Philanthropies has awarded $3.5 million for the construction of a state-of-the-art facility to house the departments of oncology and tropical diseases at Da Nang Hospital in Vietnam, the Vietnam News Service reports. The project will be implemented by the California-based East Meets…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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NGOs fund tropical disease, oncology wings at hospital
Original Source DA NANG – Contruction on a new, state-of-the-art building to house Da Nang’s Hospital’s departments of oncology and tropical diseases began on Thursday. Funded by the Bermuda-headquartered NGO Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and implemented by the East Meets West (EMW) Foundation, the US$3.5 million…
Author: Vietnam News Agency
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Older & Bolder wins at the 2008 Awards for Excellence in Public Relations
The 15th annual Awards for Excellence in Public Relations was hosted by Mansion House (Dublin) on Thursday, 26th June 2008. There were 13 categories, of which Older & Bolder, an Atlantic grantee, won the category for Public Information, described as campaigns created to improve awareness…
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Crisis at Soetwater Camp escalates: hunger strikes and attempted suicides
08 Jun 2008 Camp must be closed immediately and the City and Province must open facilities in communities, especially the city centre and suburbs, to shelter people. Reintegration efforts are a priority. President must give the United Nations a mandate to assist refugees who wish…
Author: Treatment Action Campaign
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Advocacy – Often the Most Direct Route to Social Change
Supporting advocates who work to persuade members of the U.S. Congress of the necessity of allocating more federal money for children’s health programmes… Backing public interest lawyers whose arguments convince the U.S. Supreme Court that capital punishment for youth is unconstitutional…. Convincing lawmakers to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference
By Marc Freedman Some people watching the presidential race say it’s time for boomers to clear the room. And some leaders in the nonprofit world might agree. It is easy to understand the reaction. With nearly 10,000 people turning 60 each day, an army of…
Author: The Chronicle on Philanthropy