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A visit to a centre where hot meals are served in Mogadishu reveals that, while many people displaced from the areas of crisis in the south are staying put for the moment, a few are thinking of returning to their home areas or have already gone.
Tens of thousands of residents and displaced people receive WFP food cooked at these centres every day....more
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Marc Anthony’s Maestro Cares Foundation
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International pop superstar Marc Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cardenas announced today the creation of the Maestro Cares Foundation (MC), a non-profit organization established to benefit charitable organizations in developing Latin American countries. Maestro Cares seeks to offer assistance to orphaned and disadvantaged children while supporting social services and other development programs. ...more
“I’m blessed to be a part of this project,” said Anthony. “There are millions of children suffering throughout Latin America. Maestro Cares seeks to make a positive impact in their lives
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| Bolder Giving |
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I was just 14 years old when I had my first success as a community organizer. Angry about major proposed cuts to public education in state, I co-founded a student organizing effort to “save the Oregon school system.” I was thrilled as we grew from 4 to 10,000 students in just 6 months. Together with parents, teachers and others from across the state we succeeded in stopping almost all of the proposed cuts!
So at an early age, I became convinced that you can change... more |
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Overthrowing the Status Quo…
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The disenfranchised Occupy protesters and the citizens of Main Street have united in untold numbers. Time magazine names "The Protester" its 2011 Person of the Year. The young people who turned out in droves to vote in 2008 are now abandoning the political process; seeing hope in neither the Republicans nor the Democrats, they’re disengaging out of disillusionment…more
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The Million Dollar List
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Will it inspire donors to make more and/or larger gifts? I’m interested to see. Ideally, seeing the numbers and philanthropic choices of peers will inspire donors to dig deeper. At a minimum, the Million Dollar List, like the Giving Pledge, sparks conversations and gets people talking – which is a great first step.
I’m not expecting anyone to login, see a grant and open their checkbook, but I do hope the act of reviewing what is being funded – and what is not being funded – with these big gifts gets potential donors thinking more deeply about how they want to be using their giving to address the challenges they care most about...more
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Oregon Teen Raises $20K
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Alexandra Gritta, sixteen-year-old author and President of the Charity Book Series®, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, announced today her charitable gift to Duchess Sanctuary in Oakland, Oregon. Gritta's donation comes from the profit of her children's book, “Mystery at Silver Key Stables,” and her own personal fund-raising efforts. Her charitable gift of $10,000 brought another $10,000 in matching funds from the Humane Society of the United States, for a total donation of $20,000 to the Duchess Sanctuary....more
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Marc Anthony’s Maestro Cares Foundation