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Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants will be awarded to help the students create Businesses and Nonprofits aimed at Global Change. Students from Croatia, Ecuador, Jordan and the United States receive funding and other support in the first year of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants program. At the World Economic Forum Annual meeting . . . → Read More: Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) that aims to improve the public availability . . . → Read More: Canadian International Development Agency becomes a member of International Aid Transparency Initiative  5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Donor Updates  accountability, Canada, CIDA, citizens, countries, government, information, member, public, transparency The WomenChangeMakers, an initiative of the Smiling Children Foundation, has selected its first two fellows from Brazil . . . → Read More: WomenChangeMakers Picks its First Two Fellows from Brazil Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently celebrated its centennial birthday by awarding community grants of over $1 million for local charities. The grants were given away to various agencies and groups working to improve health care facilities and well-being for children from Australia and other parts of the world. . . . → Read More: Commonwealth Bank of Australia celebrates 100 years, awards $1 Million for Child Health and Welfare Pursuing its goal of using technology for a better society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has entered into a partnership with the Chinese Government’s Ministry of Science and Technology . . . → Read More: MOST and Gates Foundation Partner to meet the Global development needs Comments are closed Donor Updates better, countries, Gates Foundation Partner, health, needs, partnership, products, projects, research, technology A newly launched UN fund has collectively awarded $300,000 to organizations in 12 countries from around the world that are engaged in helping victims of human trafficking seek justice, return home and otherwise recover from their ordeal. . . . → Read More: UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking in its First Year grants $300,000 to 12 Projects Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, home, human trafficking, justice, organizations, return, support, trafficking, victims, world The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs has announced funds amounting to $1.5 million to Development Alternatives International Inc. of Bethesda, Md. . . . → Read More: $1.5 million granted by US Department of Labor to improve labor relations in Vietnam On Wednesday, the Ford Motor Company granted $40,000 to the ten local NGOs, for funding programs that support community education and environment. The grants are a part of Ford’s Conservation and Environmental Program. . . . → Read More: $40,000 awarded in environmental grants by Ford Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, community, conservation, education, environment, environmental, grants, program, support, the environment This year, funds worth $2.8 million are granted by the World Bank, to the Business Development Service Fund (BDS). The amount will be distributed between the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that will receive $1.5 million, and the Renewable Energy Sector under the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project (GEDAP), which will receive $1.3 million. . . . → Read More: $2.8m allocated by the World Bank to the BDS Fund Comments are closed Donor Updates amount, BDS, behalf, business, eligible, fund, funds, Ghana, organizations, world bank The Haiti based mobile operator Voilà will receive a $1.5 million incentive award from the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative (HMMI). The announcement was made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) . . . → Read More: $1.5 Million Awarded by USAID and Gates Foundation for Second Haiti Mobile Money Launch According to Anatolia news agency, the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) has initiated a new grant program to protect the various endangered animal species like sea turtles and fallow deer from extinction. . . . → Read More: WWF launches new grant program in Turkey One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates agency, date, grant, last date, Life Grant Program, program, projects, Tolga Ba, Turkey, WWF On October 12, a new World Peace Award was launched by the Government of Dubai. The award will be presented to individuals and institutions for their outstanding contribution to promote world peace. . . . → Read More: World Peace Award announced by Dubai Comments are closed Donor Updates award, capacity, Dubai, individuals, institutions, peace, UAE, Vice President, world, World Peace Award The Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (GCADV) received funds worth $15,000 from the Verizon Foundation. GCADV has its headquarters in Decatur. . . . → Read More: Verizon Foundation awards $15,000 to Domestic Violence Group Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, domestic violence, funds, GCADV, organizations, prevention, social, Verizon Foundation, violence, website On Wednesday, the Jordan chapter of USAID honored 16 reporters with graduation, after they successfully participated in the “Economic Reporters Training Program.” USAID had collaborated with Future Builder’s Forum for the program. . . . → Read More: USAID-Jordan celebrates graduation of 16 economic reporters Comments are closed Donor Updates economic, Future Builder, involved, Jordan, participants, program, reporting, skills, training, USAID Budapest witnessed the signing of agreement on the use of EEA and Norway Grants, 2009-2014. One third of the funds allocated to Hungary will be used for conservation of the environment, while the rest will be utilized to improve public health, civil society and vulnerable groups. . . . → Read More: Agreement on EEA and Norway Grants Comments are closed Donor Updates EEA, energy, environment, funds, health, Norway Grants, program, programs, public, vulnerable An Oxford Debate on Open Educational Practices (OEP), organized by the Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL) will be held on UNESCO’s WSIS-OER platform. OPAL is a consortium in Europe, with UNESCO as one of its key members. . . . → Read More: UNESCO hosts online debate on open educational practices Comments are closed Donor Updates consortium, educational, implementation, members, OEP, online, OPAL, UNESCO, use, work Royal Philips Electronics has launched a unique online social innovation site dedicated to the Low Smoke Chulha stove. Philips has taken a pioneering step by designing the Low Smoke Chulha . . . → Read More: Philips launches social innovation platform Comments are closed Donor Updates innovation, issue, link, Low Smoke Chulha, online, platform, site, social, social innovation, www The Russian government agrees to grant funds for implementation of the Arctic Council’s environmental friendly projects. These funds are required to prevent pollution in the arctic. . . . → Read More: Russia government grants €10 million to prevent pollution in Arctic Comments are closed Donor Updates address, Arctic Council, environmental, exchange, funds, grant, implementation, NEFCO, projects, Russia United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has made a commitment of $127 million to promote development activities in Ghana. . . . → Read More: USAID Commits $127 Million to support Development in Ghana Comments are closed Donor Updates commitment, development, education, Ghana, governance, health, million, objectives, opportunities, promote Stanton Foundation awarded grants amounting to $3.5 million to Wikimedia. The grants will be utilized to provide funds for major investments in the technology infrastructure that provides help to Wikipedia and its sister projects, so as to increase its readership. . . . → Read More: Wikimedia receives Grants worth $3.5 million from Stanton Foundation Comments are closed Donor Updates funds, grants, infrastructure, project, projects, provided, Stanton Foundation, technology, time, universities This year’s Gruber Justice Prize is awarded to the Association for Civil Rights (ACRI) in Israel. Thw award will be received by Libby Lenkinski Friedlander, director of international relations for the organization, along with the representatives of four other social justice organizations. . . . → Read More: Gruber Prize to Israeli Social Justice Group Comments are closed Donor Updates award, awarded, international, Israel, justice, Libby Lenkinski Friedlander, organizations, prize, rights, social Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), an umbrella organisation of groups working to protect the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals and intersexuals in that country, has won the Rafto Prize for human rights work. . . . → Read More: Ugandan Sexual Minorities Rights Organization wins the Norwegian Rafto Prize for Human Rights Comments are closed Donor Updates award, history, human rights, human rights defenders, Nobel Peace Prize, organisation, Rafto Prize, rights, SMUG, work Civil Society Challenge Fund (CSCF) will be closed down in 2015, after it has concluded all its present projects. The decision was taken by The Secretary of State, following a ten year evaluation of the fund undertaken by the ministers. . . . → Read More: Future of Civil Society Challenge Fund Comments are closed Donor Updates CSCF, evaluation, Felsham Road, fund, GPAF, mission, poor, Princeton Court, projects, related British government is planning to significantly curtail its spending on bilateral aid for HIV and Aids projects in developing countries over the next four years, says a recent data released by the Department for International Development (DFID). . . . → Read More: DFID to curtail Spending by One Third on Bilateral Aid for HIV and AIDS Projects in Developing Countries One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates aid, countries, data, developing, dfid, funding, health, HIV, planning, support The International Visitor Leadership Program at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recently brought 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African countries to the U.S. under the second African Women’s Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (AWEP). . . . → Read More: Forty Women Businesswomen from Africa visit the US under Women’s Entrepreneurship Exchange Program Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) is seeking nominations for the upcoming Board elections. The nominees WINGS is looking for are expected to be experienced, committed and skilled individuals to lead it into the future. . . . → Read More: Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support seeks Nominations for the Upcoming Board Elections Comments are closed Donor Updates Additional Requirements, development, future, nominations, organizations, philanthropy, Profile, understanding, vision, WINGS A loan of $2.5 million is extended to two Colombian MFIs, by Social Investor Global Partnerships. The two MFISs receiving the loan are Fundación Amanecer and Contactar. Global Partnerships’ Social Investment Fund 2010 (SIF 2010), which is a five-year, $25 million debt fund, has provided the loan. The first loan of . . . → Read More: Global Partnerships lends $2.5M to two Colombian MFIs Comments are closed Donor Updates Colombia, Global Partnerships, GP, microfinance, million, Nicaragua, organization, organizations, provided, SIF Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has started an equity fund that will be invested in microfinance institutions. This fund will help PPAF reach its goal of making commercial financing easily accessible and increasing growth in rural areas. . . . → Read More: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund invests in Jinnah Welfare Society Comments are closed Donor Updates equity, fund, goal, growth, Jinnah Welfare Society, JWS, microfinance, microfinance institutions, PPAF, rural Last week, Tom Vilsack , Secretary of US Department of Agriculture, announced a grant worth $136 million to several universities and private companies in the Pacific Northwest, to help develop a Northwest ‘biofuels’ industry. It is the single largest grant awarded by USDA. The grant will help promote several projects, including . . . → Read More: Grant Worth $136 million Awarded by USDA Mr. Rudd told that Australia will also provide a further $24 million to purchase medical supplies, like vaccines and birthing kits required in the 3,000 health centers and aid posts in 2012. . . . → Read More: Foreign Minister announces $64 million for health in Papua New Guinea The World of Children Award, which is also called “Nobel Prize for children,” is given annually and it includes a cash grant of up to $50,000. . . . → Read More: World of Children honors Global Changemakers for Children 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates 000, children, improve, individuals, lives, programs, seven, vulnerable, work, world The United States has provided funds worth USD 65 million to the government of Nepal. . . . → Read More: USAID grants $65 m to Nepal for development projects One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates, USAID development, food, funds, government, health, Nepal, projects, provided, USAID, USD A Cabinet memorandum, pertaining to ways for raising funds for HIV programs, was prepared by the Kenyan National AIDS Control Council, in March 2011. . . . → Read More: Seeking a Sustainable Solution for HIV Funding in Kenya Comments are closed Donor Updates AIDS, fund, funding, funds, government, HIV, Irene Mukui, Kenya, Regina Ombam, support The Asia Foundation, Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation, and Zorig Foundation presented scholarships to 60 female students from the National University of Mongolia. . . . → Read More: The Asia Foundation, Shirin Pandju Merali Foundation and Zorig Foundation honor Mongolian Women with Scholarships Comments are closed Donor Updates applications, Mongolia, program, programs, scholarship, scholarships, students, The Asia Foundation, women, Zorig Foundation The World Bank’s 2011 Civil Society Grant Fund has allocated grants. . . . → Read More: Local NGOs receive World Bank 2011 Civil Society Fund Grants One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates activities, celebrate, community, Northern Caribbean University, program, recipients, skills, support, world bank, young The U.S. Agency for International Development, in collaboration with six partners, is establishing the African Agricultural Capital Fund. . . . → Read More: USAID Partnership establishes African Agricultural Fund One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates AACF, Africa, African Agricultural Fund, fund, international development, investment, million, need, partners, sector UK Government is going to offer its assistance to Ghana aimed at avoiding unintended pregnancies in that country. . . . → Read More: UK shipping £2.7 million assistance to Ghana in the form of contraceptives Comments are closed Donor Updates assistance, children, dfid, family, family planning, form, Ghana, health, planning, UK Save the Children announced the winners of the first Corporate Business Awards. . . . → Read More: Save the Children honors corporate partners at first Awards Comments are closed Donor Updates award, charity, Clifford Chance, IKEA, Individual Award, mission, partners, Reckitt Benckiser, Thomson Reuters, winners The Awards are presented to honor excellence, achievement and innovation in the field of mobile communication. . . . → Read More: GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards to recognize Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning Comments are closed Donor Updates achievement, applications, education, excellence, Global Mobile Awards, GSMA, innovation, learning, mobile, technology The results of the first round of the Renewable Energy & Adaptation to Climate Change Window (REACT) have been announced by the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF). . . . → Read More: AECF awards US$ 9.2 m to 11 E. Africa firms Comments are closed Donor Updates AECF, Africa, business, EAC, ideas, innovative, Investment Committee, Kenya, round, US The MacArthur Foundation has announced the eight documentary film projects that will be awarded grants totalling $1.23 million. . . . → Read More: MacArthur Foundation Selects Eight Projects for Documentary Film Grants The Fund was established with an aim to offer financial support to countries to fight with diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. . . . → Read More: Facts about Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Comments are closed Donor Updates CCM, GF, Global Fund, government, money, PR, projects, society, young, young people The Tunza International Conference for Children and Young was recently held at Bandung, Indonesia. . . . → Read More: The Tunza International Conference for Children and Young Highlights Job Opportunities in a Green Economy Comments are closed Donor Updates conference, employment, green, Green Economy, Indonesia, initiative, skills, world, young, youth Partnership Trust Fund to support innovative projects for poverty reduction in Latin America. . . . → Read More: AusAID and IDB’s MIF Join Hands to Establish Partnership Trust Fund for Poverty Reduction in Latin America One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates fund, innovative projects, Latin America, MIF, poverty, poverty reduction, program, projects, support, trust USAID and Its NGO Partners are working together to test a nutritional impact assessment tool. . . . → Read More: USAID and Its NGO Partners Working Together to Test Nutritional Impact Assessment Tool Comments are closed Donor Updates agriculture, analysis, impact, IRIN, livelihoods, nutrition, potential, programs, start, USAID An appeal to donate to the U.N. Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery has been made by the U.N. . . . → Read More: Slavery Fund Exhausted — U.N. Calls for Donations One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates 000, fund, human trafficking, New York Times, organizations, projects, slavery, support, trafficking, victims Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works competition co-hosted by eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers, were announced on Sep.14. . . . → Read More: eBay Foundation awards $250,000 to Winners of Social Entrepreneurship Competition Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, Changemakers, com, competition, innovations, Nuru Energy, opportunities, poverty, solutions, winners The Entrepreneurship Toolkit has been developed by USAID’s Business Growth Initiative in conjunction with the GEP. . . . → Read More: U.S. Government Promotes Global Entrepreneurship with the launch of a New Toolkit Comments are closed Donor Updates access, conference, countries, development, entrepreneurship, GEP, partners, program, U.S., world The roundtable discussed U.S. efforts to fight discrimination and racial prejudice against Jews, Muslims, and others. . . . → Read More: 2011 Hours Against Hate – An NGO Roundtable with the Department of State Comments are closed Donor Updates conference, discrimination, Farah Pandith, fight, Hannah Rosenthal, members, New York, space, U.S., United Nations Plaza The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has made an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan. . . . → Read More: United States Government allocates $268 million for Joint Afghan Justice and Counternarcotics Programs Comments are closed Donor Updates afghanistan, agreement, Bureau, department, funds, justice, law, peace, programs, region The Coca-Cola Company and UN Women announced a partnership to support and aid economic empowerment of women. . . . → Read More: The Coca-Cola Company and UN Women Form Global Partnership to Accelerate Women’s Economic Empowerment One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates aid, business, economic, empowerment, partnership, program, promote, support, women, world The main purpose of the conference is to identify ways to economically empower women, and to select tools and techniques that would prove to be beneficial for women. . . . → Read More: Canada and UN Women to Host Conference to boost Women’s Economic Empowerment One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates Canada, conference, economic, equality, gender, gender equality, ideas, progress, purpose, women The program will aim at bringing to an end an evil tradition that has been followed since a long time in many countries. . . . → Read More: Girls Not Brides – A New Global Partnership to End Child Marriage Comments are closed Donor Updates 2011, Archbishop Tutu, countries, girls, global, initiative, issue, partners, program, time U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) recently announced First Peoples Worldwide as the winner of 2011 Best of Fredericksburg Award in the Fundraising category . . . → Read More: USCA Selects First Peoples Worldwide as the Winner of 2011 Best of Fredericksburg Award Comments are closed Donor Updates business, category, community, First Peoples Worldwide, marketing, New York City, organization, provided, USCA, winner An international report on the position of women in the news media was presented by International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). . . . → Read More: A New Report: International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF): “Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media” One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates data, freedom, International Women, IWMF, media, position, research, structure, study, women The Colombian Government, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched a new project, “Use and adoption of ICT in the National Network of Public Libraries.” . . . → Read More: The Colombian Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Join Forces to Strengthen the Country’s Public Libraries Comments are closed Donor Updates access, Colombia, conducted, information, project, public, skills, Strengthen, support, technology The recommendations aim to transform the Global Fund from an organization that only operates during emergency, to a more effective body . . . → Read More: Global Fund Board adopts Panel recommendations calling for urgent reform Comments are closed Donor Updates donors, emergency, financial, Global Fund, Global Fund Board, grants, lives, organization, panel, reforms Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) honored health leaders. . . . → Read More: PAHO, PAHEF Honor Public Health Leaders for Outstanding Contributions in the Americas In the third-quarter of 2011 grantmaking process, the McKnight Foundation awarded 86 grants amounting to $19,376,000. . . . → Read More: McKnight approves over $19 million in third quarter of 2011, including $1 million to support creative placemaking The REDD+ (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus) is a global project that aims to reduce emission and deforestation. . . . → Read More: REDD+ potential funds reach up to Rp270 trillion: CIFOR U.S. Department of Labor announced funds amounting to $21,166,560 for seven states under the Disability Employment Initiative. . . . → Read More: US Labor Department awards more than $21 million in Disability Employment Initiative funding to 7 states One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates department, Disability Employment Initiative, employment, funds, grants, initiative, services, seven, state, U.S. The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s development and relief agency, Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D), will receive grants worth over $1.5 million. . . . → Read More: Presbyterian Church in Canada to Receive over $1.5 million from Canadian Government UN Trust Fund has announced to offer financial support for 22 projects in 34 countries. . . . → Read More: UN Trust Fund Announces USD 17.1 Million for 22 Projects Aimed to Protect Women and Girls 17 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates against, countries, grant, grants, projects, support, USD, violence, violence against women, women An INR 250 Million Series B investment in Utkarsh Microfinance Pvt. Limited has been led by the Norwegian Microfinance Initiative’s Frontier Fund KS . . . → Read More: Norwegian microfinance fund leads Rs.250 Million equity investment in Utkarsh Comments are closed Donor Updates financial, fund, growth, India, investment, microfinance, NMI, sector, Utkarsh Microfinance Pvt, work The 2011 annual Every One Campaign Race was co-sponsored by USAID. . . . → Read More: USAID at 50: Improving Health Services in Ethiopia Comments are closed Donor Updates activities, areas, celebrate, Ethiopia, health, improve, Though Ethiopia, USAID, world, years The South-East Finland-Russia ENPI CBC Program has made a third call for proposals, for cross-border solutions. . . . → Read More: Almost €6 million available for cross-border projects between Finland and Russia Comments are closed Donor Updates call, call for proposals, development, economic, eligible, Finland, project, proposals, Russia, solutions The grants will be utilized to provide modern energy services in rural areas. . . . → Read More: EU gives EUR 7,200,000 to Support Rural Electrification in Tanzania The grant will be used by The Bahamas National Drug Council to investigate the cases pertaining to illegal use of drugs . . . → Read More: U.S. Embassy Presents $100,000 CBSI Grant to The Bahamas National Drug Council Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, Ambassador Avant, Caribbean, CBSI, commitment, enforcement, grant, law, President Obama, use ASEAN Rural Connectivity Conference for Education and Development was held this week at Hanoi. . . . → Read More: ASEAN Conference Aims to Improve ICT in Rural Areas One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates areas, Chief Lane, communication, communities, conference, IT, Master Plan, networks, online, rural GEMS Eucation has tied up with The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to conduct the largest leadership program, with the help of which 10,000 school principals will be trained in leadership skills. GEMS Education is the biggest private education service provider, rendering service from Kindergarten to Grade12; Sunny Varkey, Padmashri . . . → Read More: GEMS Education partners with UNESCO One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates access, challenges, children, education, India, leadership, program, skills, UNESCO, world An Inclusive Financial Services Stakeholders Conference will be held in Erbil on October 3 and 4. . . . → Read More: Iraq’s microfinance institutions to hold conference on financial inclusion Comments are closed Donor Updates addition, conference, financial, forum, institutions, Iraq, microfinance, microfinance industry, million, October Citi Foundation granted funds amounting to $155,000 to four Lebanese institutions. . . . → Read More: Citi Foundation commits $155,000 to Lebanese community USAID has awarded $209.5 million to The Public Health Institute (PHI), in order to help it in its Global Health Fellows Program. . . . → Read More: Public Health Institute receives $209.5 Million from USAID to develop Global Health Professionals One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates fellows, GHFP, health, look, PHI, program, Public Health Institute, support, USAID, work The Varkey GEMS Foundation and UNESCO have announced this training program. . . . → Read More: UNESCO and Varkey GEMS Foundation Announce Program to Train 10,000 School Principals at Clinton Global Initiative One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates children, Clinton Global Initiative, education, Ghana, Governments, Kenya, program, training, UNESCO, world Coca Cola Foundation will be conferring the major portion of these awards to water stewardship projects. . . . → Read More: Coca-Cola Announces $9.6 million in Charity Grants Comments are closed Donor Updates awards, Coca Cola Foundation, community, globe, million, organization, projects, recipients, related, water Grameen Foundation and USAID providing a credit guarantee of $1.5 million to the Peruvian savings and credit cooperative. . . . → Read More: Grameen Foundation and USAID Providing $3 Million for Peruvian Microfinance Institutions Comments are closed Donor Updates ABACO, agreement, capital, Grameen Foundation, institutions, microfinance, microfinance institutions, Peru, support, USAID A grant of 3 million rupees will be given to five local organizations of Sri Lanka, by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID). . . . → Read More: US grant to five NGOs working with the disabled in war-torn Sri Lanka Comments are closed Donor Updates activities, conflict, grant, million, opportunities, organizations, rights, Sri Lanka, US, USAID This year CHOICE Humanitarian will be the latest recipient of the annual Clarity Trust donation, funded by IntelliClear. . . . → Read More: IntelliClear Selects CHOICE Humanitarian as Its Latest Clarity Trust Recipient Comments are closed Donor Updates CEO, choice, Clarity Trust, countries, humanity, organization, organizations, poverty, program, work Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation (The MSFF) declared that it would be providing a $500,000 scholarship fund to students from Tunisia and Egypt. . . . → Read More: Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation Commits $500,000 to Scholarship Fund The Skillz Street program will help reduce the gender disparity in South Africa. . . . → Read More: Grassroot Soccer Announces Unique Program at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to Provide South African Girls with Life-Saving HIV-Prevention through Sports One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates gender, girls, Grassroot Soccer, HIV, program, Skillz Street, South Africa, special, women, young World Vision has announced its project that would focus on improving sanitation. . . . → Read More: World Vision to undertake $200 Million Clinton Global Initiative Comments are closed Donor Updates Africa, girls, health, impact, livelihood, project, sanitation, water, women, World Vision CNN, the world news leader, has announced the Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011. All these ten individuals are the everyday people who tried to bring some positive change in the world. People will now select “CNN Hero of the Year” from these 10 individual through online voting. The voting for selecting the . . . → Read More: Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ Announced The Water Futures Partnership is inviting businesses, NGOs and other organisations to join the initiative to address issues related to water resource management across the world and find solutions for some of the most serious water risks in cities and watersheds around the world. The Water Futures Partnership is an initiative . . . → Read More: The Water Futures Partnership Invites Businesses and NGOs to Join the Initiative 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates address, business, challenges, communities, management, partnership, resources, risks, South Africa, water The MasterCard Foundation and UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have started the expansion plan for the MicroLead program that has already proved its success in the recent past. The launching of the new expansion plan came at the 5th Annual African Microfinance Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This new project will run for . . . → Read More: The MasterCard Foundation and UNCDF Launch MicroLead Expansion Program Comments are closed Donor Updates based, countries, developing, developing countries, financial, microfinance, needs, partnership, poor, services The United Nations (UN) Foundation has launched its first smart phone application for the users to get quick information about the latest happening at the UN system and the Foundation. The new application will offer updated news content to users daily. The news content will include information about UN, images and pictures, videos . . . → Read More: United Nations Foundation Launches Smart Phone Application Comments are closed Donor Updates access, application, information, mobile, phone, public, un, world, young, young people The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania recently conducted a research study about social impact of sports teams. The study was conducted in collaboration with Beyond Sport. The findings of the study have now been published in the form of a paper which discusses about how sports teams can best leverage their . . . → Read More: Students from the Wharton School publish a research paper on Social Impact of Sports Teams One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates Beyond Sport, conducted, impact, paper, project, research, social, sports, study, teams Gender Action has recently published a research paper which draws attention to the women’s disproportionate vulnerability to negative climate change impacts in developing countries. The research paper also demonstrates how women and girls in these countries have been largely excluded from climate change finance policies and programs. The research paper was . . . → Read More: Research Paper Highlights Women’s Disproportionate Vulnerability to Negative Climate Change Impacts in Developing Countries Christian humanitarian organization World Vision has announced its full support for “FWD Campaign” that has been launched by USAID and the Ad Council to create public awareness for the Horn of Africa drought. This announcement has come at a time when fundraising campaign is lagging and famine conditions are spreading in the drought-hit . . . → Read More: World Vision extends support to “FWD Campaign” launched by USAID and Ad Council Comments are closed Donor Updates Ad Council, Africa, aid, call, emergency, Ethiopia, lives, support, USAID, World Vision The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced to invest $8 million to micro-insurance project to enable its expansion to Senegal. The project is currently providing drought insurance for crops in Ethiopia. Backed by Swiss Re, the micro-insurance project is a five-year project and is known as the ‘R4 Rural . . . → Read More: USAID invests in micro-insurance project to enable its expansion in Senegal Arogya World has launched a major diabetes prevention mobile health (mHealth) program in India in association with Nokia. This program aims to create awareness about diabetes and its prevention across India with the help of text messages in multiple languages. The program has the target of reaching about one million consumers in rural . . . → Read More: Arogya World launches new diabetes prevention mHealth program in India with Nokia Life Tools Comments are closed Donor Updates Arogya World, awareness, commitment, developing, India, Nokia Life Tools, non, organization, prevention, program In a program recently convened by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Baghdad, attended by program partners, the official aid agency of the US government announced the award of first round of grants under Iraq Access to Justice Program. The meeting was attended by the representatives from the . . . → Read More: USAID grants $1.2million to Iraqi organizations under the first round of Access to Justice Program Comments are closed Donor Updates grants, Iraq, Justice Program, legal, organizations, partners, program, round, society, USAID The Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has published a report which suggests that Internet can prove to be a useful tool in global fight against human trafficking. As per the findings of this report, the rapid growth . . . → Read More: Internet can be a useful tool in global fight against human trafficking, suggests a report Comments are closed Donor Updates against, enforcement, fight, fight against, global, human trafficking, law, online, trafficking, victims BHP Billiton has announced to give a US$25 million grant to a program aimed to improve the health of women and young children in Africa. PATH, an international non profit organisation, will run this program. PATH is dedicated towards creating sustainable, culturally relevant solutions to address different issues related to women and child . . . → Read More: BHP Billiton gives US$25 million grant for African women’s and children’s health initiatives 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates African, children, development, grant, health, program, project, services, women, young European Union (EU) is planning to provide approximately P338 million (€5.55 million) to support the promotion of human rights and local governance by civil society organizations in the Philippines, says a statement issued by its delegation in Manila recently. Lubomir Frebort, EU charge d’affaires, said in a statement that the launching . . . → Read More: EU to provide €5.55 million grants to support the promotion of human rights and local governance by CSOs in the Philippines One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates CSOs, EU, governance, grants, human rights, Philippines, promotion, rights, support, vulnerable The British Department for International Development (DFID) has joined hands with Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in Kaduna State to find ways in which the democracy in Nigeria can be strengthened. According to a spokesperson for the CSOs, the DFID was willing to discuss about the issue with CSOs. “DFID . . . → Read More: DFID partners with Civil Society Organisations on democracy in the state of Kadura, Nigeria Comments are closed Donor Updates civil society organisations, CSOs, democracy, dfid, group, Mr Emmanuel, Nigeria, participants, project, state Swedish government, in line with its efforts to fight against poverty, has provided grants to twelve innovative entrepreneurs that implemented innovative ideas within the fields of energy, agriculture, water, sanitation and financial services. These entrepreneurs received the funds up to 20,000 euros under Swedish Innovations Against Poverty program. The organizations that . . . → Read More: Swedish government funding given to twelve organizations under the Innovations Against Poverty program 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates 000, application process, business, countries, energy, financial, funding, grants, Innovations Against Poverty, organizations Human Rights Watch has honoured 48 writers from 24 countries with 2011 Hellman/Hammett grants. According to Human Rights Watch, these writers were selected for their commitment to free expression and the courage they showed in the face of persecution. Among the award winners are journalists, bloggers, novelists, poets, and playwrights, as well as . . . → Read More: Human Rights Watch honours 48 writers with 2011 Hellman/Hammett grants Comments are closed Donor Updates expression, free, freedom, government, grants, Hellman Hammett, human rights watch, information, program, writers The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has announced a grant of AUD 1.2 million (USD 1.28 million) to the Disability Rights Fund (DRF). The announcement in this regard came on the opening day of the fourth Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The . . . → Read More: Disability Rights Fund Receives AUD 1.2 Million from AusAID 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates countries, development, disability, donors, DRF, grant, Indonesia, organization, Persons, rights Under the second Government of Barbados/World Bank HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Barbados will get funds totaling $3.2 million to help in the national HIV/AIDS response. Grants of $10 000 to $20 000 will be available for the successful applicants to provide HIV-related interventions. . . . → Read More: Funds totalling $3.2 million made available for CSOs in Barbados to boost the national HIV/AIDS response Donor Updates Barbados, CSOs, date, HIV, HIV/AIDS, NHAC, prevention, proposals, sex, society .2 million made available for CSOs in Barbados to boost the national HIV/AIDS response">One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates Barbados, CSOs, date, HIV, HIV/AIDS, NHAC, prevention, proposals, sex, society The Skoll Foundation will extend its association and support for a film program for the next few years. The foundation will donate $1 million to Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship in Focus Through Documentary program that is being implemented in partnership with the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. Started in 2007, . . . → Read More: Skoll Foundation Extends Support for a Film Program Comments are closed Donor Updates Amazon Conservation Team, Cara Mertes, chance, consultancies, film, million, offer, towards, understanding, years |
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