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10th Anniversary - The Omagh Bombing - 'Public inquiry would help us all to move on'
Source: Irish News
"I won't be long." Those were the last words Michael Gallagher heard his son Aiden say as he left to buy jeans in Omagh on August 15, 1998. The 58-year-old has been very much the public voice and face of the bomb victims over the…
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HSE to prioritise mental health services
Source: Irish Examiner
THE HSE has decided to prioritise the child and adolescent mental health services and is in the process of recruiting 12 consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists. In addition, the HSE announced it was engaged in a recruitment process for 140 posts in the therapeutic areas,…
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East Meets West helps disabled in Quang Ngai
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
Original Source VietNamNet Bridge Two hospitals in central Quang Ngai Province kicked off construction and upgrade of their rehabilitation centres on August 4 with assistance from the East Meets West Foundation (EMW). The construction is part of EMW's Support Network for People with Disabilities (SN-PWD)…
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Autism 'chaos' as one-third wait over year for diagnosis
Source: Irish Independent
Critical chance to intervene early being missed By Fiach Kelly and Edel Kennedy MORE than one in three parents trying to find out if their child is suffering from autism are being forced to wait over a year for a diagnosis. Official HSE figures obtained…
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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3 Million to Voices for America's Children
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source Voices for America's Children in Washington, D.C., has announced a $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen the organization's advocacy efforts on behalf of children and families in the United States. The three-year grant will be used to improve coordination among the…
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$70 Million Effort Seeks New Safety Net for Workers
Source: The New York Times
by STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Rockefeller Foundation's annual report is chock-full of photographs of exotic lands and details of its grants to fight disease in Cambodia and help African farmers improve their soil. It is part of the foundation's focus on what it calls smart globalization.…
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Voices for America's Children Awarded $3 Million Grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to Elevate Advocacy for Children & Families
Source: EarthTimes (London, UK)
Original Source WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voices for America's Children today announced it has received a three-year, $3 million grant to strengthen its advocacy on behalf of children and families in the United States. The grant award is from The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic) and…
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CITY KIDS GET TECH SUPPORT
Source: New York Post
Original Source By DAN AVERY A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City's notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By…
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Government confident it can move ahead with re-integration
Source: Sunday Times (South Africa)
Original Source by Victor Khupiso, Gabisile Ndebele and Philani Nombembe 'We don't want foreigners ... I don't regret taking part in these attacks' As safety camps housing 7000 people who fled May's xenophobic violence prepare to close in the next two weeks, foreigners are sceptical…
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Province sets new date for refugee reintegration
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
Original Source By Francis Hweshe The Western Cape government has acknowledged the fears expressed by some refugees over their reintegration, but says it willcontinue to work towards returning them to the communities from which they were displaced. During the xenophobic attacks in May, about 20,000…
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