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| United Nations Health Official Criticizes Gates Foundation |
An official at the World Health Organization says he fears the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has taken on undue influence on malaria research, reports The New York Times.
In a memo to the World Health Organization’s director general, Arata Kochi, chief of malaria for the group, expressed his concerns that the foundation’s domination over malaria research could eliminate the World Health Organization’s role in policy making and decrease the quality of scientific peer reviews. The World Health Organization is an arm of the United Nations.
Dr. Kochi wrote that the foundation’s money caused a number of the world’s leading malaria scientists to be “locked up in a ‘cartel’ with their own research funding being linked to those of others within the group.” He also expressed his worry that the Gates foundation tries to guide World Health recommendations by pushing its favored research. |
| U.N. Benefit Nets Stars, Money, and Criticism |
A star-studded benefit at the United Nations raised $3.7-million to help poor and sick children worldwide, although its mixture of commercial promotion and charity activities drew some criticism, reports the Associated Press.
The event featured both Gucci and Unicef logos on the red-carpet walkway, among other commercial tie-ins.
Attendees, who paid between $2,500 and $10,000 per plate, watched videos of Malawi introduced by Madonna and saw performances by the singers Alicia Keys, Rihanna, and Timbaland. The money raised will be collected by the Gucci Foundation and split between Raising Malawi, a nonprofit organization that operates under the Kabbalah Center International, and the U.S. Fund for Unicef, which supports the United Nations Children’s Fund.
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| Charity Art Auction For AIDS Raises More Than $42-Million |
A Valentine’s Day charity art auction held at Sotheby’s in New York raised $42.6-million toward the fight against AIDS in Africa, Reuters reports.
The auction, which sold 82 contemporary works in total, was led by the rock star Bono’s Product (Red) campaign in collaboration with the British artist Damien Hirst. Sotheby’s officials believe the event was one of the top charity events in history. Proceeds from the auction were earmarked for the United Nations Global Fund’s fight against AIDS in Africa, which Product (Red) supports.
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| Pfizer and Pfizer Foundation Launch $33 Million Anti-Cancer Program |
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| MacArthur Foundation Awards $7.1 Million to Two Nigerian Universities |
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced grants totaling $7.1 million to expand academic and research programs and strengthen staff development in two Nigerian universities.
As part of the foundation's Africa Higher Education Initiative, the University of Ibadan — the oldest university in Nigeria — will receive $4 million to expand access to higher education by increasing enrolment in its distance learning program.
Also part of the AHE initiative, Bayero University will receive $3.1 million to help establish departments of nursing and dentistry and strengthen its staff development program to allow science, medicine, and agriculture specialists to obtain doctoral degrees.
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| Opportunity International Receives $24.2 Million to Expand Micro-Insurance Services |
Opportunity International has announced a $24.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the expansion of its subsidiary, the Micro Insurance Agency, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Awarded as part of the foundation's Financial Services for the Poor initiative, the grant will enable the Micro Insurance Agency, believed to be the world's first stand-alone microinsurance agency, to enter eleven new countries and provide life, health, and crop insurance to twenty-one million poor people by 2012. Microinsurance includes a range of products that can help the working poor manage economic hardships such as flooding, drought, hospitalization, or a death in the family, which can make it impossible for a family to rise out of poverty.
“Opportunity International's Micro Insurance Agency to Develop and Provide Life, Health and Crop Insurance for 21 Million Poor People.” Opportunity International Press Release |
| Gates Foundation Awards $2.6 Million for Emergency Response in Kenya |
International Medical Corps has announced a $2.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the organization's emergency response in Kenya following that nation's contested presidential election in December.
The grant will enable the organization's Kenya-based team to expand its outreach among the estimated half million Kenyans who need immediate assistance due to lack of medical care, housing, and income. In particular, the funds will support primary healthcare and mental health services delivered through mobile clinics in Nairobi's Kibera slum and in the Rift Valley Province. The clinics treat several hundred people per day, with a focus on women and children suffering from diarrhea due to poor-quality water and sanitation, upper respiratory tract infections as a result of insufficient shelter, and malaria.
Since the disputed December 27 election, violent clashes between political opponents and marauding gangs have left nearly one thousand dead and approximately two hundred fifty thousand homeless. "Rapid response to the emergency in Kenya is critical," said IMC president and CEO Nancy Aossey.
“Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $2.6 Million to International Medical Corps for Emergency Response in Kenya.” International Medical Corps |
| Vodafone, UN Foundations Launch Global Emergency Communications Partnership |
The United Nations World Food Programme, Vodafone Group Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation have announced a new global partnership that will work to increase the effectiveness of the information and communications technology (ICT) response
to major emergencies and disasters around the world.
The partnership, which has received a $4.3 million commitment from the Vodafone Group Foundation-United Nations Foundation Technology Partnership and $1.8 million from WFP, will work to develop the first ICT training program open to global humanitarian relief organizations and will focus on standardizing ICT solutions used by aid organizations to help them improve their ability to establish communications networks in the immediate aftermath of a humanitaria6n crisis.
Over the next three years, the program intends to train more than five hundred staffers from WFP and other UN and nongovernmental organizations and will support the immediate deployment of rapid response ICT teams. Press Release |
| Hewlett Foundation awards $40,000,000 / Packard Foundation awards $25,000,000 |
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded $40,000,000 to International Development Research Centre (Canada) to support its Think Tanks Program, which seeks to strengthen independent policy-research organization in developing countries.
For a collaborative effort to study marine science and develop policies to protect the world's oceans, David and Lucile Packard Foundation awarded $25,000,000 to Center for Ocean Solutions. |
| INTERNATIONAL GRANT RESOURCES - |
Helpful websites for the International Grant seeker |
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| 98,000 US Online Foundation Database |
Chapel & York, in partnership with Murrayworks Market Systems Inc., is pleased to bring you the most comprehensive United States Foundation online research database available.
Of invaluable use to all organizations and researchers wishing to access the vast international funding potential represented by United States grant-making foundations, this online database has been developed over six years and contains more than 4,000,000 pages of searchable information on over 98,000 United States Foundations. Updated daily, this online database contains detailed information on all aspects of foundation grant-making history, financial information, contact information, and application details. More
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| International Agriculture Grants |
A directory of selected international grants, exchanges, fellowships, and collaborative research opportunities in agriculture GO >>> |
| International and Foreign Grantmakers |
Listing of relevant international websites and books, with annotated entries GO >>>
Another list, this time from the International Nobel Peace Prize Recommendation Forum (INPPRF). GO >>> |
| International Funding |
An interactive map covering all regions of the world GO >>> |
| International Grants |
From Fundsnet, a lengthy list of links to international grants, initiatives, foundations and directories on the web GO >>>
Another Free International Grant Resource Guide from Nonprofitexpert.com GO >>> |
| The Green Entrepreneur: 100 Networking Resources, Guides & Links by Jessica Hupp |
Whether you’re looking for funding, news, or networking, there are lots of resources out there dedicated to green entrepreneurs. We’ve hand picked some of the best. Check out these resources that can give you the boost you need to be green and successful at the same time. GO>> |
| Community Funding Agencies |
Community Funding Agencies in the UK. GO>>> |
AWARDS, PROGRAMS & FELLOWSHIPS
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CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS & TRAINING
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| The Institute for Development and Peace |
When: 15th-19th July 2008
University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany, will organize four panels at the 2008 Global Conference of the
International Peace Research Organization (IPRA), to be held 15-19 July
2008, in Leuven, Belgium (http://www.ipra2008.org/). |
| 27th International Congress of CIRIEC |
When & Where: The 27th International Congress of CIRIEC - International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy that will take place in Seville on 22-24 September 2008.
The official Web site of the congress is www.congresociriec.es (which will shortly also be in English, French and German).
www.ulg.ac.be/ciriec
www.ciriec.es
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| XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) |
When & Where: 3-8 August 2008, México City, México
The International AIDS Society (IAS) invites civil society to participate in the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008). AIDS 2008 will be the first International AIDS Conference ever held in Latin America, and international planning committees are already hard at work developing an exciting programme. For more information, click here.
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| Google Starts New Blog for Nonprofit Groups |
Google Grants — an effort by the Google search-engine company to donate online advertising to charities — today started a new blog that looks to help recipients take better advantage of the program. The Google Grants Blog will discuss ways that nonprofit groups can make the most of the grant program.
Since creating Google Grants in 2003, Google has donated more than $200-million worth of advertising to more than 4,000 nonprofit organizations. The blog is expected to help the organization more effectively communicate with current and prospective grant recipients. |
| Successful Groups Prove Internet Is Changing Philanthropy |
The Internet is changing philanthropy, The Financial Times reports. Several charities in particular are proving how the quick exchange of knowledge, the publicity of pressing social and environmental problems, and new forums for exchanging ideas are providing donors with innovative solutions for solving problems and reaching charities and individuals around the world.
Many Web-based organizations — such as Oxfam Unwrapped, GlobalGiving.com, and UniversalGiving.org — now allow donors not just to find out about causes but also to track the progress of the projects they support.
One of the most popular causes online has been global microfinance projects. Groups such as Kiva.org connect donors with individuals seeking loans through microfinance institutions. Once a loan has been made, donors can then receive e-mail updates on the progress of the loan and the impact on the borrower, emphasizing how the Internet can provide a means of greater accountability. |
| Deadly Online Fundraising Blunders to Avoid |
For many non-profits, the quickest way they can scare away donors is to direct them to the organization's website. Too many non-profit websites are making blunders that discourage donors from browsing, donating, volunteering or referring others to the site. Here are four common blunders, and how to avoid them. (see below)
Source: URL: www.raisersharpe.com
Source: Alan Sharpe
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