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WHO vows to fundraise for Vietnam's health
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Original Source Geneva (VNA) The World Health Organisation will help Vietnam source funds for developing strategies to deal with climate change's impact on health, said General Director of the UN health body Magaret Chan. Despite not being a fundraising organisation, WHO will call on international…
Resource type: News
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Investing in Change: Why Supporting Advocacy Makes Sense for Foundations
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication explores the experiences of a growing number of funders around the world that are committed to supporting advocacy as a strategy to advance social change. We are starting with this topic because funding advocacy too often is the philanthropic road not taken, yet…
Resource type: Research Report
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Discovery Of Cell Linked To Learning And Memory
Source: Medical News Today
Original Source Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a fundamental component of the process that regulates memory formation. QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett said the discovery explains, for the first time, how new nerve cells form in an area…
Resource type: News
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Caring when it counts
Source: Irish Independent (Supplement)
Original Source by Barbara Harding DEATH is a frightening subject that few of us like to think about, never mind discuss, but it comes to us all eventually and often in an unexpected manner. Ensuring our environment offers us grace, dignity and respect in our…
Resource type: News
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Closing the Gap in 3rd Grade Reading Levels: Lessons from Three Inner City Elementary Schools
Source: Education Week
Children who read at grade level by third grade are more likely to graduate from high school, and high school graduates are more likely to pursue further education and be employed, with higher incomes and better health, than their peers who drop out. But many…
Resource type: News
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Empty Nest Cure: Texas Mother Finds Meaning as a Mentor
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Original Source By SUE SHELLENBARGER After children leave home, many parents with empty nests must search hard for new pursuits to give their lives meaning. After Pat Rosenberg's two daughters left for college, Ms. Rosenberg, 61, a longtime volunteer in the Houston public schools, found…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy 2.0
Source: Worth Magazine
Original Source A year ago, Jean and Steve Case's teenage daughter asked a question that inspired her parents to reassess their entire approach to philanthropy. Steve, one of the cofounders of AOL, had taken her- one of his five children-to mingle with Bill Clinton and…
Resource type: News
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Researchers study KIPP's impact
Source: Austin Weekly News
By Robert Felton KIPP charter schools, a national network of schools targeting low-income, minority areas, will be the focus of a research study to evaluate its impact on students. KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) was founded in 1994 to serve predominantly black and Hispanic communities.…
Resource type: News
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Campaign exceeds goal
Source: The Ithacan Online
By Aaron Munzer President Peggy R. Williams announced last Friday that Ithaca College's first Capital Campaign has far surpassed its goal after raising $145 million - a sum that jumped after a last-minute gift of $25 million from the Atlantic Philanthropies. The college beat their…
Resource type: News
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Ireland's Growing Prosperity Sparks Increasing Philanthropic Efforts
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
By Ian Wilhelm In the last 10 years, the Republic of Ireland has earned the nickname the Celtic Tiger for its rapid economic growth. Today, that tiger is changing its stripes -- a growing number of Irish entrepreneurs are becoming as passionate about donating money…
Resource type: News