Thursday, Apr 30, 2026 17:31PM
Sightsavers—an NGO that works towards treating and preventing blindness and inadvocacy for the visually impaired on social, political, and accessibility levels—set up... FULL STORY >>
The U.S. school lunch program has been around for almost 70 years now, but some schools still struggle to get it right. That’s where Kenny “Lunch Angel” Thompson co... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Click 2 Houston
A multi-millionaire who gave away his fortune to set up a cancer charity split up with his wife of 30 years after falling out over his philanthropy. Brian Burnie, a pe... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Elliot Pinkham
BBC News : A rescue helicopter has crashed near the world's longest zipline in the UAE, killing its crew. The Agusta 139 helicopter was on a rescue mission at Jebel Jais, a mountain in the Ras al-Khaimah emirate, whe... FULL STORY >>
NEWARK, N.J. — When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s show five years ago this week to announce a $100 million donation to remake education in Newark, it was presented as an effort to make a str... FULL STORY >>
Resources: By Geoff Mulvihill
BBC News : Outside China, few drivers have heard of brands such asHit BYD or Beijing Automobile Works. But they're two of the largest players in the world's biggest market for electric cars. For a decade, the Chine... FULL STORY >>
A Devex reporter named Adva Saldinger writes about “what the social entrepreneurship revolution needs now.” That word, “revolution,” may seem hyperbolic, but the first source for Saldinger’s piece is Jean Case, co-f... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Rick Cohen
UBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sightsavers (http://www.sightsavers.org/ and http://www.sightsavers.net/[middle_east]/sightsavers_middle_east/default.html) is pleased to announce that Her Highness Sh... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.prnewswire.com
A “Philanthropy Innovation Summit” is being held at Stanford University later this month, but you almost certainly can’t attend, unless, that is, you are in the super-exclusive club of “individual and family philanthr... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Stanford University (AP)
DUBAI // Britain’s Prince Harry helped raise more than US$1 million at last night’s dinner for a charity supporting child victims of the HIV virus . The Al Jalila Foundation and Sentebale, a charity that looks after im... FULL STORY >>
Resources: thenational.ae
