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Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Centre are Atlantic grantees. South African human rights organisations on Saturday condemned the arrest of about 300 destitute Zimbabwean nationals. "We have been informed by the SAPS (South African Police Service) that the purpose of the raid…

Original Source After seeing the value of its endowment fall by nearly a third in 2008, the Ford Foundation has announced that it will close its offices in Moscow and Hanoi in order to cut costs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The moves will result…

Original Source According to two new independently released reports, achievement and high school graduation gaps may be costing the United States trillions of dollars in unrealized gross domestic product and are threatening its ability to compete in the twenty-first century global economy. Prepared for the…

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…

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, VOLUNTEERISM; COMMITTEE: HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABORCQ Congressional Testimony Statement of Harris Wofford Former Senator United States Committee on House Education and Labor February 25, 2009 Let me first thank Chairman Miller and Ranking Member McKeon for convening this hearing on national service and…

Original Source by Todd Cohen RALEIGH, N.C. -- Foundations and other groups invested more than $2.6 million over five years to help 14 New Mexico nonprofits in their work involving advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement, an investment that generated $16.6 million in benefits for…

EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering and Northern Ireland’s Junior Ministers Gerry Kelly and Jeffrey Donaldson met with representatives from Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group(SLIG) this week. The visit was part of a day long programme of EU funded project visits by the President and the Junior Ministers…

New York, November 6, 2008 Donna Lawrence, an accomplished foundation director, advocate and government official, has been appointed Director of the Disadvantaged Children & Youth (DCY) program of The Atlantic Philanthropies effective November 24, 2008, Vice President Marcia A. Smith announced today. Lawrence will shape…

by STELLA M. CHáVEZ Garland school district officials want to be prepared in case federal authorities crack down on illegal immigrants. They aim to ensure that no student is left behind or with nowhere to go should Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain mom and dad.…

Original Source THUA THIEN-HUE - The Health Ministry and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue yesterday broke ground for the Hue Ophthalmology and Training Centre, a US$4 million addition to Hue Central Hospital. The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients with severe…