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Safer Streets in Viet Nam: A Public Health Turnaround?
When I made my first visit to Viet Nam last month, to visit Atlantic’s office and staff there and travel to rural health clinics, hospitals, schools and NGOs that we support, I couldn’t help but notice that the streets of Ha Noi were teeming with…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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NEW POLL: REPUBLICAN VOTERS WANT A STRONG CHILDREN'S HEALTH BILL
Lawmakers Who Oppose Bill Risk Loss of Support Among Republican Voters Contact: Chris Spina at (703) 535-3872 or Adrienne Verrilli at (212) 576-1106 ALEXANDRIA, VA Today, First Focus, a bipartisan advocacy organization committed to making children and families a priority in federal policy decisions, released…
Author: First Focus
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Introducing Atlantic Currents
Since the announcement a few months ago of my appointment as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, I’ve had an unusual opportunity to hear what many people know – and don’t know – about us. Some only know that we were once the “anonymous…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Country-wide groups planned for young gays and lesbians
A youth project aimed at gay and lesbian young people is to establish groups around the country in response to a growing demand from teenagers for advice and support relating to their sexuality. Belong To, a Dublin-based gay and lesbian youth project, was founded four…
Author: The Irish Times
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoints Gara LaMarche New Chief Executive Officer
For further information please contact:Kate Bullinger in New York at +212 916 7302Colin McCrea in Dublin at +353 1 799 5912 THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES APPOINTS GARA LAMARCHE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Philanthropy Executive Brings Record of Innovative Leadership to an Organisation Committed to Social Change…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Scheme for vulnerable children to get 36m
Excerpt: The Government is to co-fund a new €36 million programme aimed at helping disadvantaged and vulnerable children. Minister for Children Brian Lenihan, announced details of the €18 million funding today. The initiative is part of a joint venture with the Atlantic Philanthropies. for full-text…
Author: The Irish Times
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HHS Announces $15 Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, July 5 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced a $15 million collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans at the community level. “This collaboration, led by the Administration on Aging (AoA) and involving…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Atlantic Philanthropies is on its way to spending itself out of existence
By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money away…
Author: The Irish Times
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John R. Healy, CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, to Step Down in September 2007
HAMILTON, Bermuda The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that its chief executive officer, John R. Healy, will step down in September 2007. Mr Healy, who was appointed CEO for a five-year term in September 2001, has agreed to extend his term for an additional year before…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Early intervention by parents helps problem children.
Early intervention by parents helps problem children by John Downes Excerpt: A new study to be published today shows that early intervention by parents can reduce problem behaviour by children by almost a third overall. The findings follow research into a pilot early intervention programme…
Author: Irish Times