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Afghan Fund Launched As Orphans Visit New York

Jim Luce | Posted 05.22.2012 | Impact
Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Islam, Bear Bar & Restaurant of Long Island City, Zolaykha Sherzad, Children, Delicious Leaves of Nature Tea, Hassina Sherjan, Rio Market/Food of Astoria, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Orphans, Jim Luce, Taliban, Boumi, Afghan Fund, Quran Burning, Philanthropy, Goldman Sachs, Cynthia Artin, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, 10000 Women, John Lee, Ian Pounds, Csr, Vanessa Cabezas, New York Stock Exchange, Awc, Afghanistan, Social Enterprise Organizations, Zarif Design, Washington D.C., Chi, Paul Stevers, Afceco, Global Motherhood, Afghan Child Education & Care Organization, Artin Arts, Diana Rowan Rockefeller, Brian Williams, New York City, Non-Profit and Philanthropic Center, Oiww, Diana Rockefeller, Afghan Women Connect, Andeisha Farid, Milk Burger, Corporate America, Orphans International Worldwide, Lauri Grossman, Edwin Gould Foundation, Daniel Santana, CharityHelp International, Dina Habib Powell, Point Brazil Restaurant-Cafe-Grill & Buffet, Impact News
Jim Luce

With the American presence in Afghanistan shaken in the horrific wake of Quran burnings, the death of innocent civilians and indications that the Amer...

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Peace Through Moderation: U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative's Work with Pakistan at Harvard Club

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Pakistan, Ptm, Paula Gutlove, Global Citizens, Howard Gilman Foundation, Consensus Building Institute, Extremist Ideology, Education Services, Program on Negotiation, Afp, American Muslims, Jim Luce, David Fairman, Wendy Chamberlin, Peacebuilding, Harvard Law School, International Alert, Houston, Brookings Institution, Terrorist Tactics, Empowering Women, Entrepreneurship, U.S. Muslim Engagement Initiative, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground, Philanthropy, Health Services, Paul Stevers, Organization of the Pakistani-American Entrepreneurs, Alliance of Civilizations, Chi, Convergence, Harvard Club, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Middle East Institute, Peace Through Moderation, Youth Empowerment, Columbia University, U.S.-Pakistan Relations, Cross-Societal Education, Resource and Security Studies, American Pakistan Foundation, Decision-Makers, Islamic World, Opinion Leaders, CharityHelp International, Afghanistan, Muslim Societies, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, Thought Leaders, Riaz Siddiqi, Aakif Ahmad, Usmei, World News
Jim Luce

The Peace Through Moderation (PtM) project of the Alliance for Peacebuilding hosted last week an engaging and exclusive reception recently featuring t...

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Orphans International Worldwide Unveils New Website for Sponsoring Kids - Including Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Leadership in Helping Humanity, OIWW Global Standards, Miss J, Emmanuel Jal, Ambassador Giulio Terzi, North Sulawesi, Family Care, Orphelin at St-Paul, Oiww, Indonesia, Malagasy Orphaned Children, John Lee, Gonaives, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Bali, Aceh, Italy, Classical Music Education Program, Morgan Freeman, America?S Next Top Model, Manado, College Prep Leadership Training Program, Child Soldiers, Royal House of Rajpipla, Full Care, Haiti, Jay Alexander, J. Alexander, Tsunami, Michael Bierman, Child Slaves, Hurricane Jeanne, Musical Education, Italian Ambassador to U.S., Gua Africa, OIWW- Haiti, Sudan, Global Citizenship Award, CharityHelp International, India, Madagascar, Orphans International Worldwide, Oiww-Madagascar, Oiww-Indonesia, World News
Jim Luce

Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) unveiled its new website, the third since its founding in 1999. I created the first, which was indeed primitiv...

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'Orphan Doctor' Calls on World Community to End Orphan Crisis by Tackling Poverty

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Nepal, Children, AIDS Orphans, Democracy Journal, The Baby Business, Leogane, Social Orphan, Psychosocial Services, Family Care, Glamour Magazine, China, The Stewardship Report, Dr. Jane Aronson, Oiww, Hague Convention, The Luce Index, Child-Welfare System, Child Advocate, Child Exploitation, Orphaned Children, International Community, Global Orphan Crisis, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Developing World, E.J. Graff, Pediatrician, Adoption, Child Trafficking, Madonna, Unicef, Economic Orphans, Malawi, Biological Orphan, Top Ten New Yorkers, Global Leaders, Haiti, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Universal Education, Thought Leader, The Orphan Doctor, Andeisha Farid, Global Poverty, Orphan, Social Services, Brandeis University, Extreme Poverty, Wwo, Afghanistan, CharityHelp International, Orphans International Worldwide, Kenya, Jlsr, World News
Jim Luce

Dr. Jane Aronson, founder and CEO of Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO), has issued a bold response today to a recent article on child trafficking. J...

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Muslims & Non-Muslims Hear about Terrorist Threat, Solutions at Harvard Club

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: National Peace Corps Assoc., Pakistan, 9/11, Technology, U.S., London, Karen Zraick, Goldman Sachs, Muslim, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Journalists, Jim Luce, Harvard Law School, Non-Profit Organizations, Terrorist Threat, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground, Paul Stevers, Extremist Violence, Alliance of Civilizations, Chi, Non-Muslim, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Peace Through Moderation, Kiran Khalid, Fulbright 2.0, Harvard University, Islamabad, Philanthropist, Global Peace Index, ABC News, U.S. Muslim Engagement Project, Juan Mendez, Canadian Entrepreneur, NBC News, America Abroad Media, Shape of the Future, Thought Leaders, Arabic, Jonathan Moreland, Hebrew, Violent Extremism, NGO Leaders, Peter Jennings, Chic Dambach, International Alert, Birzeit University, Soliya, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Lucas Welch, Harvard Club, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Peace Corps, Cnn, Columbia University, Wall Street, Cairo, New York Times, Afghanistan, CharityHelp International, Domestic Terrorism, InsiderInsights.Com, Ptm, World News
Jim Luce

An accomplished and diverse group of people -- Muslim and non-Muslim -- who share a common concern about growing extremism and the threat it poses to ...

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Felice Friedson and The Media Line Bring Balance to Issues in the Mideast

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: United Nations, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Bias, American Colony Hotel, Foreign Affairs, Media, Journalism, Media Line, Israelis, Gaza, Middle East, Arab Press, Palestinian Journalists, The Media Line News Agency, C-Span, Israel Parliament, Jerusalem, Paul Stevers, Television Broadcast, United States, Hamas, Felice Friedson, Palestinians, Fourth Estate, Tel Aviv, Michael Friedson, Public Relations, Journalistic Standards, Arab, Mideast Press Club, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ramallah, CharityHelp International, Intifada, News, Media News
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When Felice Friedson brought Palestinian journalists to Israel's parliament for the first time, the powerful chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs a...

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Peace Through Moderation to Intro Counter-Extremism Strategies at Harvard Club

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Rotary International, Marc Gopin, Juan Mendez, Times Square Bomber, Pakistan, Extremism, Moderation, Thought Leaders, International Security Program, Global Citizens, Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Ethiopia, Eritrea, London, The Stewardship Report, Mari Fitzduff, International Civil Society Action Network, Program on Negotiation, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Karin Von Hippel, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Chic Dambach, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Harvard Law School, George Mason University, International Alert, Soliya, Faisal Shahzad, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, John W. McDonald, Lucas Welch, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground, Philanthropy, Washington DC, Paul Stevers, Nonviolence, New York City, Harvard Club, Daily Kos, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Kiran Khalid, Times Square, Cnn, Columbia University, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Madrassa, Center on Religion, Islamabad, Cairo, New York Times, Brandeis University, Peace Through Moderation, CharityHelp International, Global Peace Index, National Peace Corps Association, Terrorism, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, New York News
Jim Luce

The near-tragedy in Times Square reminded us that hatred is both home-grown and foreign-born. With this is in mind, a distinguished panel will discuss...

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Gates Foundation's Ignacio Mas On eFinance in the Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Pakistan, Cgap, Thought Leaders, Global Citizens, Harvard, CharityHelp International, Madrid, Jim Luce, Financial Services, Grameen Bank, Technology, Rob Conway, Intel Capital, Barcelona, TAGS: Banking, money.com, Uganda, M.I.T., Developing World, GSM Alliance Congress, Vodafone Group, University of Chicago, Brooke Partridge, Bill & Melinda Gates, Paul Stevers, Microcredit, Ignacio Mas, Muhammad Yunus, Cell Phone Technology, Nobel Prize, Mobile Money for the Unbanked Program, Unbanked, Ryan Ouellette, Financial Services for the Poor Program, Mobile Technology, India, Gates Foundation, Efinance, Impact News
Jim Luce

Ignacio Mas, Deputy Director of the Financial Services for the Poor Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, took time off from his hectic schedule at the recent GSM Alliance Congress in Madrid to speak to me over coffee.

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Live Report: No Spiders to Bite Me in My Pre-Dawn Haitian Shower

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Radio Amikal, Orphans International Worldwide Haiti, Philippe Beauliere, Morgan Freeman, United Nations, Leogane, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Idps, Thought Leaders, Creole, Global Citizens, International Rescue Committee, Dr. Tiffany Keenan, Evens Anozine, Jim Luce, Internet, Jean-Michel Tijerina, Ngos, CharityHelp International, Colline Academie, Jacmel, World News
Jim Luce

Up before sunset in post-disaster Haiti, showering in the outdoor latrine in the pitch dark, I trust there are no spiders, lizards, or snakes to bite ...

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Introduction to mFinance: Cell Phone Banking

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mobile Messaging, Diarmuid Mallon, Sms, Cell Connectivity, Ushihidi 4636 Project, Thought Leaders, Global Citizens, Legacy Infrastructure, London, Oiww, Jennifer Caukin, Jim Luce, Barcelona, Google, GSM Association, Bill Dudley, Chile, Financial System, Skype, Ignacio Mas, Cell Phone Banking, New York City, HSBC Account, Unbanked, Developing World, CharityHelp International, Mobile Technology, Orphans International Worldwide, Gates Foundation, Mfinance, Digitel, Sybase, Business News
Jim Luce

Growing up in Ohio as a young teen, I would take my savings account passbook to the bank and deposit my earnings from snow shoveling or grass mowing. ...

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"Vital Voices" Honors Andeisha Farid in Washington

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Eurasia, Washington, Vital Voices, United Nations, Girls, Diane Von Furstenberg, Asia, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Middle East, Jim Luce, Melinda Gates, Nicholas Kristof, Doffie Rotter, Carly Fiorina, Nancy Kassebaum, 000 Women Program, Peter Buffet, Kabul, Michelle Obama, Ian Pound, Africa, Goldman Sachs' 10, Latin America, U.N. Secretary-General, Global Leadership Award, Lincoln Center, Paul Stevers, Dina Powell, Kofi Annan, Sally Field, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Angelique Kidjo, Andeisha Farid, Making a Difference, Afghan Child Education and Care Organization, Afceco, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Poverty, CharityHelp International, 10, World News
Jim Luce

I spoke to Andeisha Farid yesterday in Washington yesterday, who was pleased to have just met Michelle Obama. Hillary Clinton then spoke about her in...

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CharityHelp: An Electronic Bridge to Kids in Need

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Kabul, Tele-Mentoring, The Tech Awards, Human Rights Watch, Afceco, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghans for Child Education and Care Organization, CharityHelp International, Orphans International Worldwide, Ripples International, Johns Hopkins International Medicine, Prince Albert II of Monaco, All for Good, Paul Stevers, World News
Jim Luce

"When you help a child, you help an entire family. That family, in turn, inspires a whole village. That village affects a whole society; and a changed society impacts the world," the orphanage director explained.

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