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New Jersey 20-Year-Old Builds Orphanage in Nepal

Jim Luce | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Ramana’s Garden, Do Something Foundation, Nepal, Gen X, Maggie Doyne, Asia, Brian Swibel, Nepalese Refugees, Maoist Rebels, Rishikesh, Maoist Insurgency, New Jersey, Orphanage, Kopila Valley Children’s Home, Ngos, Volunteering, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Peter Yarrow, Surkhet, World News
Jim Luce

Maggie Doyne is your typical girl from New Jersey.  She happens to live in Nepal caring for 27 orphans - in an orphanage she built ...

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Another India Innovation: The Joy of Giving Week

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: India, Generosity, Charity Organizations, Ngos, The Giving Life, The Joy of Giving, Philanthropy, Charity, Strategic Philanthropy, Enjoying Life, Giving, Joy, Living News
Perry Garfinkel

The new generation of proud Indians has been inspired by the great Mahatma Gandhi's mantra, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

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Why Call It Charity Care?

David Jones | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nonprofits, Charity Organizations, Charity, Nyu, Tax Deductible, Meals-on-Wheels, Donating to Charity, Aspca, Charity Work, Ngos, Not for Profits, Donating to Non-Profits, New York City, For-Profit Firms, Wampanog, Rudy Giuliani, Chuck Grassley, Soup Kitchen, Hospitals, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, David Dinkins, Politics News
David Jones

A 5 percent threshold of free medical care to qualify a nonprofit hospital for tax exemptions and public funding is not unreasonable. Or else, why call it charity care?

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Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Via Campesina, Food Sovereignty, Rice, Charity, Trade, Food Crisis, Haiti, Food Politics, Financial Crisis, World News, Food Security, Ngos, World News
Salena Tramel

Instead of spending their money revitalizing the agricultural sector, NGO programs round up small-scale farmers to build roads and clean out sewage systems in return for food vouchers.

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Somalia Focus: Q&A On Pirates, Politics, and Poverty

Susan Ryan | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia, Abducted, Somalia Pirates, Ransom Somalia, Soros, Somalia and Kenya, Conflict in Somalia, Abducted Somalia, Open Society Institute, Somalia Kidnapping, Aid Agencies Somalia, Somali Pirates, Humanitarian Work Somalia, Piracy, Ngos, Government of Somalia, Somali Kidnappings, Somali NGOs, Steve Hansch, Kidnapped Somalia, Slideshow, World News
Susan Ryan

A gang takes people hostage and hopes it will make them millionaires because the government of those hostages will step in and pay the ransom. Governments have created a market.

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Apres Le Deluge: A New School Opens In China A Year After The Quake

Richard Walden | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Honeywell, Sichuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Operationusa, Ngos, Corporate Social Responsibility, China Earthquake, Honeywellthreevillagesunitedprimaryschool, China, World News
Richard Walden

The Chinese Government moved in the direction of development by making a huge effort to be open to international aid, ideas and US corporate responsibility in China post-quake.

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Foreign Aid, Arms Shipped By Same Firms: Report

Inter Press Service | Thalif Deen | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Arms Smuggling, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Colombia, Ngos, Liberia, Arms, Ngo, Arms Smugglers, Arms Dealers, Nato, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Arms Dealer, Advocacy, World News

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - The military conflicts raging across Africa, Asia and Latin America have been significantly influenced by the heavy ...

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For Czechs, a Far Reach to Afghanistan

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Radio Free Europe, Slovakia, Berkat, Afghanistan, World Bank, Nato, European Union, People in Need, Ngos, Czech Republic, World News
Amb. Swanee Hunt

As impressive as the Czech Republic's meteoric rise to a stable and thriving country has been, equally noteworthy is how, as Czechs have risen upward, they've reached outward as well.

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Sudan Expels Charities From Darfur

Rob Crilly | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Aid, Care International, Sudan, Oxfam, Darfur, Ngos, World News
Rob Crilly

"We didn't know how the government was going to react," said a Western diplomatic source. "This is one of our worst-case scenarios."

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American Military Interventions In Post 9/11 World

Rana F. Sweis | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, War Refugees, Samantha Power, Human Rights, Rana Sweis, United Nation, Rebuilding, NGO's, American-Military-Intervention-Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, Responsibility to Protect, Thomas Weiss, Humanitarian Aid, American-Military-Involvement-Africa, War Wire, World News
Rana F. Sweis

A year after the September 11, 2001 attacks on Washington and New York, former President Bush's national security strategy was clear: US interests tri...

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2 Sudanese Killed In Latest Attack On Aid Workers

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Read More: Aid Worker Fatalities, Darfur, International Security, Afghanistan, Ngos, Foreign Aid Workers, Somalia, Rebel Groups, Aid Worker Deaths, Aid Workers, World News

Two Sudanese aid workers working for the French aid agency Aide Médicale Internationale were shot and killed in Darfur this week, Al Jazeera English ...

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AIDS Health Workers and Anti-Trafficking Activists -- Is There a Conflict?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Presidency, HIV/AIDS, Doctors Without Borders, Prostitution, Violence Against Women, Ngos, Brothels, Condoms, U.S.State Department, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, World News
Marcia G. Yerman

In March of 2008, I interviewed a senior State Department Official who discussed efforts to highlight awareness of the link between sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS.

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Innovation Is Essential to Economic Growth

Tom Donohue | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Global Economy, Piracy, Counterfeiting, World Health Organization, IP Theft, PRO IP Act 2008, 21st Century Jobs, Ngos, Global Patent Filings, Jobs, Innovation, China India Russia, Intellectual Property, IP, US Chamber of Commerce, Business News
Tom Donohue

America's ability to compete in a global economy and create 21st century jobs for our children depends on the ability to lead in innovation. And the key to innovation is intellectual property.

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Myanmar: Why You Won't Be Going There Anytime Soon

Richard Walden | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Burma, NGOs, Junta, Logistics, Myanmar, Cyclone, Relief, Volunteers, United Nations, Politics News
Richard Walden

The Generals in charge of Myanmar, isolated from world opinion as they may be, are intent on achieving "Failed State" status with or without a cyclone disaster.

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