Results List
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Bridging the Gap Between School and Out-Of-School Time Learning
Public and private investment in out-of-school time (OST) programmes in the U.S. has soared over the last decade. While more does not always mean better, Higher Achievement wants to know for sure that its programme is delivering results. Higher Achievement is an academic enrichment programme…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Securing a Bill of Rights
The 1998 Belfast Agreement stressed the centrality of protecting human rights to building a better future for Northern Ireland. The Agreement made explicit commitments to producing a Bill of Rights (BOR) for Northern Ireland. This process of achieving a Bill has been beset with political…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Improving the Health Care System One Community at a Time
The primary health care system in many Viet Nam provinces began to deteriorate rapidly in the mid-’80s as agricultural co-operatives were dismantled under a new Government policy. This deterioration had a particularly severe impact on commune health centres (CHCs), which serve millions of the country’s…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Using Litigation to Defend Human Rights
Since the September 11 terror attacks, US government policy and practice against the threat of terrorism has arguably violated a number of human rights laws and norms. The US currently detains more than 13,000 people around the world, from South Carolina to Pakistan to the…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Making the Most of Out-of-School Time
Every year, millions of youth leave US middle schools ill-prepared to enter high school. As a result, more than 25 per cent of high school students do not graduate within five years; and at least 10 per cent drop out entirely. Effective out-of-school-time (OST) programmes…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Harnessing the Abilities of Older Adults in the US
…To Help At-Risk Children One of the most common prejudices against older adults in the US is the belief that a majority of them are sick or disabled. The reality is that 85 per cent of older Americans are basically healthy, active and independent. If…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Prevention and Early Intervention for Children
“We never give up on any child, despite the complexity of their needs. We also witness key turning points – for example a child making friends for the first time or a parent supporting their child to stay in school,” says Suzanne Connolly, Director of…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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CRE 30th Anniversary Gala Video Honouring Fran Barrett
Community Resource Exchange honuored Fran Barrett at their 30th Anniversary Gala on 16 March 16 2011. Prior to joining the Atlantic Philanthropies in 2010 as Director of Capacity Building, Ms. Barrett served as the Executive Director of Community Resource Exchange (CRE). About CRE: For over…
Resource type: Video
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Marriage Equality – Civil Marriage for Gay and Lesbian People
Source: O'Carroll Associates and Hibernian Consulting
This case study, based on an evaluation of Marriage Equality’s work funded by Atlantic, describes the strategic learning points of Marriage Equality’s advocacy campaign to achieve the policy outcome of civil marriage for same-sex couples in the Republic of Ireland. Marriage Equality is an Atlantic…
Resource type: Case Study
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video