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Up Close: Blogging from South Africa
Night and a Day in Queenstown Posted by Gara LaMarche | 18 March 2011, South Africa As Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m. This was a problem for two…
Author: Gara LaMarche and Jack Rosenthal
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Atlantic Philanthropies
By Kristin White For many years there has been a Secret Santa of sorts for our local nonprofits.When their good works caught the eye of this secret benefactor, they would be blessed with financial grants upwards of one hundred thousand dollars.In the nonprofit community, this…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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The Irish-American Billionaire Who Gave Away His Fortune
Chuck Feeney with Ed Walsh, then president of University of Limerick, and Frank Rhodes, president of Cornell, meeting in Plessy House, Limerick, in 1988 at the beginning of a process that would translate into hundreds of millions for higher education in Ireland. Chuck Feeney, ‘the…
Author: The Irish Times
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoint Christopher Oechsli President and Chief Executive Officer
NEW YORK, NY, 28 September 2011 – The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has announced the appointment of Christopher Oechsli as President and Chief Executive Officer, and his election to the Board, effective immediately. Oechsli has served as Interim President and Chief Executive…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on ‘The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland’. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…
Author: Philanthropy Ireland
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PM approves foreign aid projects
Original Source Hanoi — The Prime Minister has given a nod to a list of foreign aid projects. These include a technical assistance and legal framework building project for wind power in Vietnam funded by the German Government. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will…
Author: Asia Pulse Data Source
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NUIG allocated first UNESCO-sponsored post
by LORNA SIGGINS ANY GOVERNMENT keen to save money will ensure that continued support is given to preventative and early intervention services for children in potential difficulty and there is an “overwhelming economic argument” for such an approach, according to Prof Pat Dolan, who…
Author: Irish Times
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The Next Generation of Leaders Advocating for Brain Health
By Dana Smith A monologist, a musician, an event producer, and an animal behaviourist are working to change how society thinks about aging and dementia. These individuals are part of the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute and are using…
Author: The Lancet
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Globetrotting and Goal Setting: Where Will Atlantic Wind Up?
I have been on the road for most of the last four months, more so than in the prior three years I have been leading The Atlantic Philanthropies. In order to take in what Atlantic has done in its three decades-plus of grantmaking, I traveled…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
