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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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2007 Purpose Prize winner featured on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer
Please use the link below to access a segment featuring 2007 Purpose Prize Fellow on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer. This segment ran on September 17 and features Ammie Jenkins, founder of the Sandhills Family Heritage Association, which helps preserve black family-owned land and culture.…
Author: Newshour with Jim Lehrer
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Way to Grow
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children’s Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 – and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Human Rights for Lesbians and Gays in the New South Africa: Still Much Work to Do
Zoliswa Nkonyana, Zizakele Sigasa, and Salome Masooa helped me to understand the critical importance of Atlantic’s work to support the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex people in South Africa. Sadly, these young women were not among the many South Africans I…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Later Life Is Ripe for Reinvention, Nonprofit Leader Asserts in New Book
Marc Freedman has emerged over the past decade as the nonprofit world’s most prominent crusader for a movement to reinvent retirement. In his new book, Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life, Mr. Freedman goes a step further: He envisions a…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
At the beginning of every nonprofit movement – whether it succeeds or fails – the founders probably feel like Odysseus. No matter how much momentum you start with, and how many battles you win in creating an idea and whipping up enthusiasm for it, actually…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Charity no longer a cottage industry
The first thing greeting visitors to kiva.org’s home page is a photograph and description of a featured business. It could be a Ugandan cobbler, a Peruvian farmer or a shopkeeper in Tajikistan. Users can make small loans to these entrepreneurs and, during the course of…
Author: Financial Times
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US NGOs Fund Nearly $1.5Mln for Health Sector in Central Vietnam
Health: US NGOs Fund Nearly $1.5Mln for Health Sector in Central Vietnam Vietnam News Brief Service (c) 2006 Toan Viet Limited Company. All rights reserved. The US non-governmental organizations of East Meets West and Atlantic Philanthropies have recently funded nearly $1.5 million for eye care…
Author: Vietnam News Brief Service
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Nonprofit Consulting Goes Upscale
By Martha Nichols Boston It’s a long way from the wood-paneled offices of consulting firms like Bain & Co. to the yard-sale decor of a youth-serving nonprofit. Yet the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting spinoff of Bain, is trying to connect those worlds. Only six…
Author: Youth Today
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Learning Center in Vietnam Opens at Can Tho University
The most modern $9.14 million learning resource center in Vietnam was officially opened at Can Tho University on April 24, bring the total number of centers of this kind in the country to three to date, a local newspaper reported. Built on the site of…
Author: Vietnam News Brief Service