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News from October 2008

October 31, 2008   Mike Myers Takes Shrek To Children's Hospital
October 31, 2008   amfAR Mourns the Passing of Dr. Allan Rosenfield
October 31, 2008   Stars Gather in Rome to Raise Funds for amfAR's AIDS Research Programs
October 31, 2008   SA pioneers HIV+ transplant
October 31, 2008   Get What Matters
October 29, 2008   Sir Bob Geldof Honored For Music And Humanitarian Work
October 29, 2008   Christian/Pop Star Natalie Grant Talks About Her New CD Awaken, and Her Upcoming New Book
October 29, 2008   U.S. Children are Victims of Sex Trafficking Assessments of Service Delivery and Provision Reveal Gaps and Challenges
October 29, 2008   The Protection Project Digital Photography Contest 2008
October 29, 2008   France Says NO to Violence against Women
October 29, 2008   Parliaments of the World Say NO to Violence against Women
October 29, 2008   Crush chains of poverty, ignorance: child laborers urge Gloria
October 28, 2008   EDC establishes global community investment partnership with CARE Canada
October 28, 2008   CARE provides immediate aid to flood survivors in Honduras
October 28, 2008   Los Angeles Benefit Helps Save the Children Build School for Children in Mali
October 28, 2008   Climb Up Kilimanjaro so Kids Can Grow Up - September 2009
October 27, 2008   Hollywood Music Awards - – November 20th, 2008
October 27, 2008   Support for malnourished children begins at home in Malawi
October 27, 2008   Lang Lang launches foundation to support children’s love of music
October 27, 2008   German First Lady Eva Luise Koehler visits UNICEF-supported projects in Bangladesh
October 27, 2008   104 children released from prison in Somaliland
October 24, 2008   Party City and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Partner To Make Halloween Safe and Fun
October 24, 2008   Filmmaker Without Borders
October 24, 2008   Stephen G. Marriott, L'Occitane en Provence, and IBM Corporation to receive a 2008 Helen Keller Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind
October 24, 2008   UNICEF expresses concern over severe flooding in Central America
October 24, 2008   Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan learns about an innovative educational tool during her visit to a school in Argentina
October 24, 2008   Kresge Arts in Detroit: Foundation Makes $8.8 Million Investment in Local Artists and Arts-related Organizations
October 24, 2008   Anderson Cooper Chosen for Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award
October 24, 2008   Former President Clinton Announces Program for First Global Initiative Meeting Outside United States
October 24, 2008   ActionAid launches cash for work programme in Northern Afghanistan
October 24, 2008   Goodwill Applauds President Bush For Signing ADA Amendments Act Into Law
October 24, 2008   Banana Republic’s 30 Percent Promotion To Benefit Goodwill's Job Training Programs
October 23, 2008   Man walks the distance for his sick wife
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Mohamed ElBaradei - Achievement
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Larry Ellison - Vision
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Twyla Tharp - Vision
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Lech Walesa - Vision
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Ron Howard - Passion
October 23, 2008   REPORT: Master The Keys To Success - Carlos Fuentes - Passion
October 23, 2008   Tolerance and Coexistence Month– November 2008
October 23, 2008   Four Rockefeller researchers named finalists in Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
October 23, 2008   A DNA-based vaccine shows promise against avian flu
October 22, 2008   Quincy Jones, Music Legend and Lifetime Humanitarian Was Keynote 2008 Hilton Humanitarian Prize Events
October 22, 2008   A Q&A with Susan Dell, Co-Founder and Board Chair Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
October 22, 2008   New Schools Possible with $5.25M from Expansion Grants
October 22, 2008   Endowments hires new director for Education Program
October 22, 2008   America’s Pediatrician Dr. T. Berry Brazelton to Kick Off ZERO TO THREE’s National Training Institute
October 22, 2008   Annette Bening To Tell Us All About Eve
October 22, 2008   Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Receives the Shining Star Award
October 22, 2008   Freddie Mac Foundation Family Home Provides Housing and Support Services
October 22, 2008   MAPS hosts Nepal adoption delegation
October 22, 2008   Where I've Been, Where I Am, Where I'm Going
October 22, 2008   JCPenney Executive Joins National 4-H Council Board of Trustees
October 22, 2008   National 4-H Council Names Dr. Linda Jo Turner Foundation Relations Consultant
October 22, 2008   MetLife Foundation Begins New Phase of Award Winning Parenting Skills Campaign In Collaboration with Partnership For A Drug Free America
October 21, 2008   CARE mourns fallen friends
October 21, 2008   No turkey in Africa
October 21, 2008   Target has pledged $1 million
October 21, 2008   Zimbabwe education system in a state of emergency
October 21, 2008   UNICEF staff member killed in Southern Somalia
October 21, 2008   Kresge Posts 2008 Annual Report; Rapson Discusses Issues Central to Expansion Agenda in President’s Letter
October 21, 2008   Kresge Advances Social-Policy Research in Education with a Grant to MDRC
October 21, 2008   Children worldwide demand an end to violence
October 21, 2008   SUDAN: Fears of violence as land tensions increase
October 20, 2008   $70 Million Effort Seeks New Safety Net for Workers
October 20, 2008   Rockefeller Foundation Names Inaugural Bellagio Center Creative Arts Fellows
October 20, 2008   Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Nonprofit Finance Fund Kick Off Bold $15.125 Million Arts Initiative to Address Sector-Wide Challenges
October 20, 2008   Duke Endowment Awards Furman University $17 Million Grant
October 20, 2008   Letter from Bill and Melinda Gates
October 20, 2008   Afghanistan: feeding families in need
October 20, 2008   Food crisis: it's not enough just to deliver food
October 20, 2008   Justin Timberlake Tees Off For Children
October 19, 2008   The Tsunami That Changed My Life
October 18, 2008   British princes in SA motorbike rally
October 18, 2008   Beyoncé Donates $100,000 To Hurricane Ike Victims
October 18, 2008   The Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility
October 18, 2008   Statement of the American Lung Association
October 17, 2008   Vietnam: Forgive and Forget?
October 17, 2008   Colombian tribespeople flee to Amazon town for safety
October 17, 2008   UNHCR staff in Yemen must deal every day with the tragedies of people fleeing in flimsy boats across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia
October 17, 2008   Save the Children, PATH and Johns Hopkins University Launch Newborn Survival Project
October 17, 2008   In the fight to save children’s lives, washing hands takes centre stage
October 17, 2008   UNICEF Executive Director Visits Kyrgyzstan
October 17, 2008   Versace brings Fashion, Glamour and Charity to China
October 17, 2008   The Stars On Poverty - What Do They Think?
October 17, 2008   IFC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Partner to Invest in Emerging Markets
October 17, 2008   WHO Experts Raise Antiquated Nutrition Standards
October 17, 2008   International Community Failing Civilians in North Kivu, Congo
October 17, 2008   Haiti's Hurricane Victims Facing Homelessness and Food Shortages
October 16, 2008   Financial Crisis Must Not Divert Efforts to Tackle Global Child Hunger
October 16, 2008   New National Commission on Children and Disasters Gets to Work
October 16, 2008   Belgium: Experts discuss the transfer of persons in armed-conflict situations
October 16, 2008   Iran/Iraq: Significant step forward in search for missing persons from 1980-1988 war
October 16, 2008   Colombia: ICRC assists over 1,600 displaced persons
October 16, 2008   GLOBAL: Defining the Rights of the Internally Displaced
October 16, 2008   Hollywood Stars Get Hooked on Save the Children's Knit One, Save One Campaign
October 16, 2008   Power Vote Kicks Off Nationwide Effort To Mobilize One Million Young
October 16, 2008   Humanitarian Aid Workers Release Abuse Report before Congress
October 16, 2008   Americans Increasingly Worried About Hunger
October 16, 2008   Millennium Development Goals Blog By Jeffrey Sachs
October 16, 2008   Millennium Development Goals Blog By Bono
October 15, 2008   "All for the Children" Charity Event Held in Beijing
October 15, 2008   The World Bank Launches Private-Public Initiative to Empower Adolescent Girls
October 15, 2008   Bill Gates Announces $168 Million to Develop Next-Generation Malaria Vaccine
October 15, 2008   IBE And UCB Launch New Journalism Award To Improve Understanding Of Epilepsy Around The World
October 15, 2008   Clinton Global Initiative Announces Student and University Winners of CGI U Outstanding Commitment Award
October 15, 2008   The Knowledge Initiative
October 15, 2008   HungerFREE Petition Handed Over at UN
October 15, 2008   Cheeseburger In Paradise Teams Up With The VH1 Save The Music Foundation
October 15, 2008   Save The Music's Esquire Party In The Hills
October 15, 2008   A UN safety net for refugees in Africa
October 15, 2008   UN Secretary-General visits UNHCR headquarters, pays tribute to staff
October 15, 2008   Friends pay musical tribute to Pavarotti in ancient city of Petra
October 15, 2008   Shakira Pens Article On Humanitarian Inspiration
October 09, 2008   WHO agreed on a research agenda on climate change and public health
October 09, 2008   Millions with mental disorders in the developing world are deprived of necessary treatment and care
October 08, 2008   U. S. Foundations Affirm Commitment To African Higher Education Beyond 10-Year Mark Of Current Partnership
October 08, 2008   India: A New LIfe
October 08, 2008   Cambodia: The Silk Grandmothers
October 08, 2008   Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family
October 08, 2008   Save the Children and AmeriCares Bring Vital Medicines to Storm-Ravaged Haiti
October 08, 2008   Morgan Fairchild Joins Neurologists, Emergency Physicians And The American Stroke Association To Educate The Public About Stroke Symptoms" Give Me 5" Campaign
October 08, 2008   Kristi Yamaguchi Chairs American Lung Association Christmas Seals® Campaign
October 08, 2008   Who's Ready To Start Changing The World? We Are!
October 08, 2008   SENEGAL: Going solar could help poor
October 08, 2008   Ashley Judd Global Ambassador YouthAIDS
October 08, 2008   Annie Lennox Honored By YouthAIDS
October 08, 2008   MYANMAR: Aye Yin, Myanmar: “I pray we won’t starve to death”
October 08, 2008   AFGHANISTAN: Aid agencies call on Taliban to back new humanitarian agenda
October 08, 2008   BANGLADESH: Working to improve disaster preparedness
October 08, 2008   Go Red For Women Cheers on Toni Braxton as She Dances Her Heart Out
October 08, 2008   Co-Discoverers of HIV Win Nobel Prize
October 08, 2008   American Diabetes Association Celebrates Historic Victory for Americans with Disabilities
October 08, 2008   Diabetes Forecast Takes a Look Back and a Step Forward
October 08, 2008   The Nation's Leading Wireless Industry Carriers Embrace A Common Cause For Children With The Amberwatch Foundation's Amberwatch Mobile Initiative
October 07, 2008   AFRICA: Wiping out hunger— one fruit fly at a time
October 07, 2008   Springsteen To Rock For Soldiers
October 07, 2008   Renewable Lighting – Lighting for Life
October 07, 2008   Giving Goes To Market
October 07, 2008   CGD Experts Urge IMF to Include Developing Countries in Re-Write of Financial Rules
October 07, 2008   Exclusive Launch Tonight on Access Hollywood
October 07, 2008   Celebrities Join Love Our Children USA To STOMP Out Bullying
October 06, 2008   KYRGYZSTAN: First consignment of aid dispatched to quake victims
October 06, 2008   EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Poverty rife in Africa’s “Kuwait”
October 06, 2008   MALAWI: Green belts to boost food production
October 06, 2008   TOGO: School year reopens with free primary schools
October 06, 2008   UGANDA: Going home is a mixed blessing
October 06, 2008   Stars Go "Quackers" Over Charity Auction
October 04, 2008   Touchdown For Kids Fox Sports Takes The Field For America's Most Needy Children
October 04, 2008   CureSearch Teams with Strike 3 Foundation for First Pitch Celebrity Gala
October 04, 2008   "My Senses for Jusice" - an Interview with Serj Tankian
October 04, 2008   Good News for Music Fans with Vision Loss: Apple iPOD Nano & iTunes
October 04, 2008   AIDS Alliance Names Joe Moser Vice President of Government Relations
October 04, 2008   WFP assisting flood victims in Nepal
October 04, 2008   First food aid convoy reaches thousands displaced in northern Sri Lanka
October 04, 2008   For Haiti's Flood-Affected Children, a Chance to Play and Learn
October 03, 2008   Secret Policeman's Ball Returns This Weekend
October 03, 2008   Jessica Alba Leads The Charge For Declare Yourself's Provocative New Campaign
October 03, 2008   4REAL Brings Kibera to All Roads Film Festival in L.A.
October 03, 2008   Britney Spears Goes Back to School – for a Cause
October 03, 2008   DRC: "Save eastern peace process from collapse"
October 03, 2008   SUDAN: Darfur rebels deny signing peace agreement
October 02, 2008   7th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days to be Held October 1-31, 2008
October 02, 2008   The Creative Coalition, Screen Media Films Launch
October 02, 2008   Boys & Girls Clubs Of America To Launch “Be Great” Advocacy Campaign
October 02, 2008   United Nations World Focus on Autism Forum Held in New York
October 02, 2008   UN event features $4.5 billion pledge to support ‘Education for All’
October 02, 2008   Health Week keeps up momentum on improving child survival in Rwanda
October 02, 2008   New programme in Mauritania increases school enrolment, especially for girls
October 02, 2008   Sports support children’s reintegration into conflict-affected communities in Uganda
October 02, 2008   UN calls for unconditional release of 90 LRA - abducted children in the DRC
October 02, 2008   VIETNAM: Child-led disaster training saving lives
October 02, 2008   BANGLADESH: Mass holiday exodus raises safety concerns
October 02, 2008   PHILIPPINES: End of Ramadan sees heavy fighting on Mindanao Island
October 01, 2008   TAJIKISTAN: People begin to flee northern town due to water shortages
October 01, 2008   ANGOLA: Government pledges to provide better health care
October 01, 2008   THAILAND: Disease concerns rising as floods toll reaches 23
October 01, 2008   CONGO: "Irresponsible officials" put patients at risk

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