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“Ability of Disability - A Night of Melody” is an event that will showcase performances by artistes who are disabled. The event will also have performances by vari... FULL STORY >>
Resources: TheWeekendLeader
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela Education is one of the basic rights of every human being. Education may not... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : A father and son who were volunteer lifesavers have drowned while trying to rescue a tourist swept out to sea off the Australian state of Victoria. Th... FULL STORY >>
BBC News: A British husband has paid tribute to his "wonderful" wife and their two "amazing" children who were among the 290 victims of a wave of bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Ben Nicholson survived the bl... FULL STORY >>
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack addressed the 2015 National Rural Assembly, but didn’t deliver a stock speech. Choosing instead to simply answer questions, Vilsack fielded one on philanthropy—pitched, oddly, about ho... FULL STORY >>
Resources: U.S. Department of Agriculture
A host of stars are to take part in a charity show this weekend, performing monologues dramatising the true stories of children growing up in South Africa. Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy and Josh Hartnet... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.bbc.com
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú thinks he may have an answer to the current humanitarian crisis of tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa sweeping into Europe. Speaking last week at the Mexico Si... FULL STORY >>
Resources: The Forbes
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has never been comfortable with divestment pressures from activists. It took the slow route to finally divesting from PetroChina, which functioned as a linchpin in sustaining the governme... FULL STORY >>
Resources: The Guardian
Mumbai, 1st August 2015: Sightsavers is an organization that works to reduce the incidence of preventable loss of sight,promote sight restoration as well assupport the social inclusion and equal rights for the disabled.The o... FULL STORY >>
It’s been ten years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 1,800 dead across the region, displacing 400,000, and resulting, by some estimates, in $150 billion to $200 billion in damages. Accord... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Patricia Schaefer
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Rural Foundations’ Ideas for Increasing Rural Philanthropy From: nonprofitquarterly
