The United Nations recently released a report, titled “Alert, Early Warning and Readiness Report,” which details their assessment of current or potential global crises in the next six months. These crises are likely to require billions in humanitarian aid because frankly, things aren’t looking good. They highlighted political conflicts, either current or forthcoming, that could […]
Eighteen widely scattered high schools in have a thirty year tradition to uphold together. And it’s not a football game or a senior prank, not school trips or a party. It’s charity, on a grand scale. For a six-week span every autumn from the beginning of October to mid-November, the eighteen schools compete to see […]
As of November 3rd, Islamist charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and 59 other organizations cannot be covered by Pakistani media. The groups in question are known to have ties to terrorist groups such as al-Qaida. Jamaat-ud-Dawa in particular is suspected of planning the three day terrorist siege of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, in 2008 which killed at […]
Ongoing global efforts to tackle the deadly malaria disease have taken a positive turn as a vaccine is one step closer to reality. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) announced that the RTS,S malaria vaccine (also known as Mosquirix) will be […]
According to a recent survey of 2,000 Britons, commissioned by the fundraising website eSolidar, fundraising attempts by British charities are, well, annoying. The survey asked respondents questions about how likely they were to donate under certain circumstances, and how they perceived certain charity practices. Overall, 74% of respondents felt “bombarded” with fundraising appeals, namely letters […]
The concept of the “grand challenge”, of tasking researchers and others with trying to answer big questions to advance their fields, was introduced to charity in 2003 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program. That program set aside $450 million to award grants to researchers tackling big questions in […]
UNICEF’s Kid Power program is focused on helping kids eat better around the world by providing them with healthy food. Now, they’ve joined forces with Target, who will be adding another dimension to that program: getting kids in America to be more active. Starting next month, Target will start selling fitness bands for children, which […]
In late September, the Human Rights Campaign announced a global corporate coalition to promote LGBT equality in the workplace around the world. Since 2013 the HRC has received corporate assistance to create programs that help fight discrimination worldwide with education and research. A collaboration between the HRC, The Paul E. Singer Foundation, and the Daniel […]
As many as 1 in 4 children living in Tennessee are at risk of hunger, which is why the Department of Human Services has been contracting with various non-profits around the state to help provide those children with meals and snacks. Unfortunately, the process has had significant problems. Now, Building Futures, one of the non-profits […]
Relativity Media has been in a lot of financial trouble lately, so much so that the bankrupt company will be dismantled and auctioned off on the first of October. That probably hurt a lot of investors and employees, but it turns out that the kind of empty promises that led to the company’s bankruptcy also […]