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20 Years On, South Africa's Remarkable Constitution Remains Unfulfilled
By Christopher Oechsli and Darren Walker Commentary: Realizing Mandela’s vision of a democratic future is a collective global responsibility. A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratic president and Nobel Laureate is pictured outside the parliament. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images) Over a year after the…
Author: GlobalPost
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New Research Collection on Improving Access to Palliative Care
Sharing Knowledge, Finding Solutions As Atlantic Philanthropies makes its final philanthropic investments, it is asking some important questions, including: “How can we all build on the advances and lessons learned from our thirty-plus years of grantmaking?” and “How can we make sure that valuable knowledge on issues…
Author: Philantopic
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Atlantic Philanthropies Announce Support for The New Bermuda Community Foundation
New Foundation Will Continue Growth of the Island’s Philanthropic Sector, Support Advances in Racial Justice, Democracy and Health January 30th, 2014 (Hamilton, Bermuda) – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced their support today for the Bermuda Community Foundation, a new public charity dedicated to grantmaking for nonprofit…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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US Health Researchers Look to Cuba for Better Outcomes
By Joseph Vargas For many Americans, Cuba is perceived as a forbidden island associated with Soviet era revolutionary leaders mixed with distant memories of cold war politics that culminated in the Cuban missile crises of the 1960’s. Although the country maintains its Communist ideology, Cuba…
Author: MEDICC
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Charitable Giving Is Soaring — But Is It Effective?
Philanthropic donations are booming, but post-Great Recession poverty and inequity remain. By Martin Michaels Year after year, the citizenry of the U.S. continues to be one of the most altruistic on earth, volunteering an average of 7.85 billion volunteer hours according to a report by the Corporation for…
Author: MintPress News
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Mission to create an enduring funding resource for Island’s charities
Dr Myra Virgil is using lessons learned from a prestigious American grantmaking fellowship to create an organisation that will provide an enduring source of funds for local charities — many of whom are currently locked into a life or death struggle for survival due to…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Faith, hope and unity
By Darren Evans One project in Northern Ireland has been so successful at reconciling Catholic and Protestant schools that other troubled regions of the world are seeking to adopt its methods. Darren Evans reports In the seaside town of Ballycastle, on the craggy, windswept coast…
Author: TES Magazine
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Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Meets with Atlantic Senior Staff
>Read in Vietnamese On 25th February 2013, Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Madam Pham Thi Hai Chuyen had a working session with Mr. Christopher G. Oechsli, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic). Vice Minister Nguyen Trong…
Author: Minister of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
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Communities deal with ageing populations
By Hong Thuy THANH HOA — The burden of bringing up two mentally disabled sons has become easier for 69-year-old war invalid Do Thi Mui since she joined an older people’s self-help club three months ago. A lonely and poverty-stricken widow, she often has to…
Author: Viet Nam News
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The Great Give Away
When you have as much money as Bill Gates, you have to work damn hard to get rid of it. At least if you want to disposeof it wisely. So in May the Microsoft founder, whose fortune is estimated at $53 billion (¤40 billion), was…
Author: Sunday Times