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Harlem Children's Zone is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne Perry. Harlem Children's Zone is one of the most lauded — and emulated — charities in the country. Nonprofit groups and government agencies regularly send emissaries to Harlem to study the organization's acclaimed poverty-fighting strategy, which…

University of Limerick Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Anne Sheridan EVEN in times of hardship people's generosity towards the University of Limerick seems to know no bounds. The latest figures submitted to the Companies Registration Office reveal that the University of Limerick Foundation, which…

NCCNHR is an Atlantic grantee. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NCCNHR (formerly the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform) announced today the launch of a major strategic planning process which will help strengthen the organization's role as a voice for individuals receiving long-term care.…

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - New HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are growing twice as quickly as antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are rolled out, despite a 39% hike in treatment access, UNAids said on Wednesday. The number of people receiving Aids treatments in the region, where two-thirds…

Original Source LISC Chicago, ISS (now Elev8), and Harlem Children's Zone are Atlantic grantees. Posted by Lorraine Forte In Government and Policy Three Chicago neighborhoods are taking the first steps toward potential replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone, the highly-praised program that provides education and…

By Gara LaMarche. This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation. Since the levees burst in New Orleans and the interstate bridge collapsed in Minnesota, much has been written and said about the need to repair the nation's infrastructure, too much…

Original Source Age Sector Platform is an Atlantic grantee. Photo: CAMPAIGN: Bill Carson, Alison McElhinney and Phil Evans at the age sector platform PICTURE: Hugh Russell FIFTY-ONE per cent of all households experiencing fuel poverty in Northern Ireland are pensioner households. In Northern Ireland almost…

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…

This week Gerald Kraak, Programme Executive with Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights Programme and a veteran South African human rights advocate based in our Johannesburg office, shares his thoughts on the first 100 days of President Zuma’s administration.   While international coverage of the April…

Coalition of groups band together in battle to overhaul health care Original Source Health Care for America Now, Families USA, the American Cancer Society and AARP are Atlantic grantees. By Suzanne Perry As members of Congress fan out across the country during their August recess,…