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FLINT, Mich. — Supporting the ongoing efforts of the community advice offices that assist underserved South Africans is the focus of a new partnership between the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies that is expected to result in up to $1,936,080 in grants over three…

By Michele BrandtOPINION: The Taoiseach has announced that Ireland is going to have a “constitutional convention”, which will examine the options for reform on a range of issues: review of the electoral system; reducing the presidential term to five years and aligning it with local and…

By: National Council on Aging CDCUs to Work with Regional Economic Security Centers to Assist Vulnerable Older Adults According to research from the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA), older adults in the United States are…

We must future-proof our economy with knowledge and innovation: THIS month Brisbane sends a powerful global message that it is more than just one of Australia's most liveable cities and among the world's top 50 cities. Construction begins on the Translational Research Institute, a medical…

London, England - The Safety 2010 World Conference which took place on 21-24th September, showcased many contributions from the Viet Nam Injury Prevention Partnership, an informal group of collaborators and stakeholders addressing injury prevention in Viet Nam. The Goal of the Conference The Conference aimed…

Jeremy Hunt's push for new local TV and online services received a boost today, with the announcement that Bob Geldof's media company Ten Alps is launching The Detail, a Belfast-based news and current affairs website. The Detail will launch in January and is backed by…

Nobayeni Dladla has been appointed Country Director for South Africa at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective September 1, Senior Vice President Marcia Smith announced today.  Dladla will be based in Atlantic’s Johannesburg office.  In this newly created role, Dladla will leverage Atlantic’s activities and investments to…

Several of the staff of the Hue Central Hospital were kind enough to come to work last Sunday morning to give my Atlantic colleagues and me a tour of what has become a world-class facility in the ten years since our Founding Chairman, Chuck Feeney,…

Harlem Children’s Zone and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees, and Bonnie CLAC is an Atlantic grantee via the Purpose Prize. by Foon Rhee President Obama this afternoon praised a New Hampshire nonprofit that helps poor people buy fuel-efficient reliable cars in a White House event designed to highlight innovative programs…

Children's Rights Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. On 2 April, over 100 delegates descended on Dublin Castle to attend the Children's Rights Alliance's first biennial symposium, where they pledged to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child. Entitled…