Results List
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Evaluation of family support programmes published
Genio, an Atlantic grantee, has just published a report on the evaluation of family support programmes for people with a disability in Ireland. In 2010, Genio supported four family-focused projects through small grants. The objective of these projects was to build capacity within families to…
Author: Genio
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Hate Crime in South Africa Gets International Scrutiny
By Paul LeGendre Fighting Discrimination A May 28 article in the New Yorker and a May 31 United Nations review of South Africa’s human rights record bring much-needed scrutiny to the problem of hate crime violence in South Africa and shortcomings in the government’s efforts…
Author: Human Rights First
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Trio Make History at Gender Studies Programme
By Elizabeth Roberts Three Bermudian women made history by being the first from the Island to attend a prestigious gender studies programme in Barbados. Elaine Williams, Deborah Bradford and Robyn Skinner spent all of July on the intensive course at the Caribbean Institute for Gender…
Author: Royal Gazette
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QUT reshaping healthcare in Vietnam: Governor General visit
Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce visited the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, last week to mark International Nurses Day. A speech by the Governor-General recognised Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) partnership with Vietnamese universities and nursing organisations to build the capacity of…
Author: Queensland University of Technology
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VN extends operational time for foreign NGO
Vietnam has extended the operational time for Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), a non-government organisation operating in the country. Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Permanent member of the Committee for Foreign Non-Government Organisations Affairs, Vu Xuan Hong handed over the three-year extended permit…
Author: Vietnam Plus
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The New Year Brings a New Home for Elev8
This is to announce that the Elev8 Initiative is moving to a new home effective January 1, 2011. We are thrilled to announce that Youth Development Incorporated (YDI) has made a commitment to incorporate Elev8’s full service community school approach, and the current Elev8 staff,…
Author: Elev8 New Mexico
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Research funding vital for economy
By Conor O’Carroll. Last Friday the Government continued its commitment to investing in research with more than EUR296 million to develop infrastructure and research capacity across the higher education sector. With universities and institutes of technology bringing in EUR63 million from private and international competitive…
Author: The Irish Times
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Recent Children & Youth events help raise awareness for children's rights
The Children & Youth teams in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly hosted a Youth Civic Action Workshop together with grantees SpunOut.ie and the UNESCO Chairs at NUIG and University of Ulster. They also hosted a joint event to present their new Strategy…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Charles Feeney to receive Cornell Icon of the Industry Award
Ithaca, NY – Charles F. Feeney, co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers (DFS) and founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies, will receive the 2010 Icon of the Industry Award from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (SHA) at a gala dinner in New York City…
Author: Cornell University
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Legal matchmaker joining resources and genuine need
By Katy Chance. IT SEEMS entirely apposite that ProBono.Org has the street address of Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill; free legal work in SA may have had its roots in the criminal domain, but for services in matters of civil and public interest today, all roads…
Author: Business Day