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Cisco Commits $4.5 Million to City Year to Curb High School Dropout Crisis
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source City Year is an Atlantic grantee. Cisco Systems and the Cisco Foundation have announced a pledge of $4.5 million in new funding to City Year's Whole School Whole Child program. The foundation will donate up to $1.5 million over the next three years to enhance the…
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University challenge
Source: Limerick Leader
It took many years of lobbying before Limerick got a third level institution. As UL celebrates 20 years of university status, key figures recall the joy and the struggle. Anne Sheridan reports. 28 May 2009 ON THURSDAY, June 1, 1989, the University of Limerick bill…
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe: Atlantic’s Work with Refugees in the Limpopo Province
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche I recently travelled to Limpopo, a South African province on the border of Zimbabwe that is experiencing an influx of Zimbabweans who are escaping from that very troubled country, where human rights are disregarded, disease is running rampant, and the economy long…
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Nurses Should Be Backbone of ARV Treatment
Source: Inter Press Service
by Kristin Palitza DURBAN, Apr 2 (IPS) - Effectively scaling up South Africans’ access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment will require decentralisation of health services from hospitals to clinics and allowing nurses to manage and eventually to initiate ARV treatment and care. Doctors, researchers and activists…
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Worried pixies hunt pots of gold
Source: The Gold Coast Bulletin
by Sue Lappeman TO quote Ernie from Sesame Street: ``One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell me which thing is not like the others by the time I finish my song?'' Organ donor,…
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A Moment for Progressive Change in America: How Can We Make the Most of It?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Now that we know that Barack Obama will take the office of President of the United States on January 20, the scenario planning that virtually all non-profits and philanthropies have been doing can kick into high gear. My e-mail inbox, and no doubt yours, is…
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Primary education groups unite to criticise 'shameful' cutbacks
Source: The Irish Times
THE CAMPAIGN against the education cuts gained further momentum yesterday as 10 groups involved in primary education united to criticise the "shameful and immoral" cutbacks. The National Alliance for Primary Education - an umbrella group representing school managers, principals, parents and teachers - described…
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South Africa to boost spending on health
Source: Associated Press Worldstream
by CLARE NULLIS South Africa will boost spending on education, health and infrastructure projects even though the global economic turmoil is expected to cut growth rates, its finance minister said Tuesday. Trevor Manuel argued that the South African economy will be shielded from the…
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Planning to leave the world of work
Source: The Irish Times
by CLARE NULLIS South Africa will boost spending on education, health and infrastructure projects even though the global economic turmoil is expected to cut growth rates, its finance minister said Tuesday. Trevor Manuel argued that the South African economy will be shielded from the…
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THE GIVEAWAY MAN; Philanthropist gave away a fortune; but won't forget or forgive a grudge; Wrath of an Irish enigma
Source: The Gold Coast Bulletin
A new book reveals how Mayor Ron Clarke fell out with a wealthy benefactor. Sue Lappeman reports. A NEW book has revealed how Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke blew his friendship with a secretive billionaire American philanthropist who bankrolled the Couran Cove and Runaway Bay…
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