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Active Retirement Ireland, an organisation that aims to foster independence and solidarity among older people, is making a significant contribution to Irish society, according to this evaluation. Active Retirement Ireland is a national network of 550 local Active Retirement Associations that provide a variety of…

Jaime Sepúlveda, who leads UCSF Global Health Sciences, discusses the impact of philanthropist Chuck Feeney's $20 million gift on students, Mission Bay and health worldwide. Click here to watch a version of the video in Spanish. By Kristen Bole The University of California, San Francisco…

This story appears in the October 8th issue of Forbes magazine -- "Making it Big, Giving it Big"  --  the first Forbes 400 devoted entirely to philanthropy.By Steven BertoniOn a cool summer afternoon at Dublin’s Heuston Station, Chuck Feeney, 81, gingerly stepped off a train on…

A conferring ceremony is under way in Dublin Castle this afternoon to honour the Founder of Atlantic Philanthropies Chuck Feeney.Universities from across the island of Ireland are jointly conferring him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. It is the first time ever that all of…

Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha RossTwo eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow stethoscopes. Standing at…

LAST week, nearly 40 people were killed in a complex cocktail of political, economic and social distress. The fact that there was little leadership making an effort to resolve what was clearly becoming an uncontrollable tragedy waiting to happen, shows the weakness of our government,…

Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda in an Atlantic grantee. Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda Party…

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…

As a major international conference on philanthropy comes to Belfast this week, bringing with it speakers and delegates charged with distributing billions of pounds, Sam Goodwin talks to John R Healy, chairman of Philanthropy Ireland, about what difference giving has made to Northern Ireland WHEN a conference…

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Dr. Lungile Hobe treats a patient. Photo: UYDF[/caption] Half of South Africa's population live in rural areas, but only 12 per cent of doctors practice there. Dr. Lungile Hobe often accompanied her mother, a nurse, to the local hospital in rural…