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By Hong Thuy THANH HOA — The burden of bringing up two mentally disabled sons has become easier for 69-year-old war invalid Do Thi Mui since she joined an older people's self-help club three months ago.A lonely and poverty-stricken widow, she often has to spend sleepless…

Migrant workers play a vital role in the care of older people in the United Kingdom but they face poor pay and working conditions that the government must address to ensure fair treatment for the workers, according to this report funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies…

Original Source New America Media, AARP and the Urban Institute are Atlantic grantees. EthnicNEWz.org, News Report, Eduardo A. de Oliveira Hispanic workers 50-Plus are a vigorous group of “invisible boomers,” who could help employers solve projected labor shortfalls in the coming years, according to a…

Steps to repair the US justice system are outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Alliance for Justice 30th Anniversary Luncheon, Washington, D.C. View video of this speech at the Alliance for Justice web site. Thank you,…

Original Source By JOHN LELAND JUSTIN WILLIAMS worked as an engineer at Honeywell International for 31 years, and when he retired last April, he knew he could not afford to stop working. His home in suburban Maryland, on which he had spent his 401(k) savings,…

Original Source Principal Michael Johnson of Reavis Elementary, shown here with some 6th-graders, is working hard to create cohesion among his staff and build bridges between his school and its neighborhood. According to research discussed at the kickoff of this year's School Policy Luncheon series,…

Original Source By Jay Mathews Washington Post Staff Writer Some of the most troubling questions about schools, such as what causes dropouts, have few clear answers because there is so little research. And the reason that data is lacking, at least in part, is that…

Taoiseach praises organisation for its contribution to NI peace, education, healthcare By Colm Keena [caption id="attachment_80045" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A file image of Charles F. ‘Chuck’ Feeney, founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, before he was conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South…

By Barry O'Halloran. THE VALUE of the assets held by Irish-American Chuck Feeney’s charity fell by $1.2 billion (€814 million) between 2007 and 2008, according to the organisation’s own figures. Combined financial statements for 2007 and 2008 for Atlantic Philanthropies show that the value of…

Fellowship program, driven by $US50 million grant, will drive change from grass roots up to redress social disadvantage