Search results for: peace

A WORKAHOLIC, devout Catholic, sports obsessive who seldom went in front of the cameras without his make-up on. This is just part of the picture painted by the, until now, secret diaries of Bertie Ahern. The former Taoiseach's official appointments diaries, released for the first…

Social justice management should be both more humane and tougher, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Yale School of Management. I was at first flattered when I heard that students here at the Yale School of Management…

This report presents independent evaluation findings regarding the work of Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI) and Northern Ireland Alternatives (NIA) in facilitating and promoting non‐violent community alternatives to paramilitary punishment attacks and exclusions relating to alleged localised crime and anti‐social behaviour. The Institute of Criminology…

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to investment in South Africa and the country’s challenges in the face of declining international funding are discussed in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Inyathelo Annual Awards Ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa. It is…

Original Source Health Care for America Now and the Center for Community Change are Atlantic grantees. In the last few weeks, a variety of groups have been more forthright in expressing criticisms of the Obama administration now that it is more than half a year…

Original Source by DONNA BRYSON PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA -- Some of the shack dwellers of Jeffsville recently had an idea: Why not stage a march to demand government housing some had been awaiting for 18 years? Community leader Ernest Tshavhuyo, though, feared an angry march…

Original Source Foundations are stepping up their advocacy efforts to help the poor and other disadvantaged people, according to a report released today by the Foundation Center. The report found that grant makers and charity officials were more optimistic about the efficacy of social-justice grant making —…

Ghana, Accra15 July 2009: The African Grantmakers Network will change the face of global philanthropy. And it will happen right here in Africa, said Sarah Mukasa, Director of Programmes at the African Women's Development Fund, at a meeting organized to establish a network of African…

The Obama administration is reviving efforts to have the United States sign onto a global children's rights treaty ratified by every U.N. member except the U.S. and Somalia, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Monday. Administration officials are actively discussing "when…

Airing Tuesday, RTE1, 10.10pmBy Paul Whitington In these days of rampant cynicism and endless exposés of rapacious businessmen and dodgy bankers, the story of Chuck Feeney is enough to renew your faith in human nature. An Irish-American born in New Jersey during the Great Depression,…