International relief services

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AT A GLANCE The Bank provides debt relief to low-income countries through the Debt Relief Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), created in 1996, and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), created in 2006. Thirty countries are receiving debt relief under one or both of these initiatives, with ten other countries potentially eligible. This debt relief is worth over US$63 billion in 2005 net present value terms (NPV) if all creditors participate. For these 30 countries, World Bank debt relief is expected to total about US$25 billion (NPV: US$10 billion under HIPC and about US$15 billion under the MDRI). If all potentially eligible ... Read Full Story

AT A GLANCE The Bank provides debt relief to low-income countries through the Debt Relief Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), created in 1996, and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), created in 2006. Thirty countries are receiving debt relief under one or both of these initiatives, with ten other countries potentially eligible. This debt relief is worth over US$63 billion in 2005 net present value terms (NPV) if all creditors participate. For these 30 countries, World Bank debt relief is expected to total about US$25 billion (NPV: US$10 billion under HIPC and about US$15 billion under the MDRI). If all potentially eligible ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / GOOGLE NEWS , MSN NEWS , PRESS RELEASE , SPORT NEWS , YAHOO NEWS / Fly with the Birdies for Charity August 8, 2008 Regions Charity Classic Also Announces “Guess the Birdies” and “Bonus Bucks” Winners- Charity raises More than $130,000 in its first year Birmingham, AL (RUSHPRNEWS) August 8, 2008 — The Regions Charity Classic presented by Bruno’s Supermarkets announced that Birdies for Charity raised more than $130,000 in its inaugural year as a tournament fundraiser. The tournament, which is held annually in Hoover, Ala., launched Birdies for Charity in February of 2008, and 93 charities participated (http://www.regionscharityclassic.com/birdies/make-a-pledge.php) throughout ... Read Full Story

I got this little gem from WebWare - FreeRice is part-vocabulary game, part-charity program. The premise of the site is amazingly simple - a word will be flashed and you choose the correct synonym from a list of four words. Get it right and they donate 10 grains of rice to the world's hungry. Get it wrong consistently and they lower the difficulty of the words being shown to you. There are 50 levels of difficulty when it comes to the words and they determine whether you go up or down if you get strings of 3 correct answers. It's a pretty fun game ... Read Full Story

We Did It!!!! Keith donated enough bread, peanut butter, and jelly to make 110 sandwiches! We saw the Society of St Vincent De Paul outside our Grocery store taking donations at Thanksgiving time for a food drive. They said that they always accept supplies for sandwiches, so we did it! Wow, what a great feeling to know that we are helping our society. Our count is at 136 sandwiches, that has been reported. Here is some info. Society of St. Vincent De Paul 420 West Watkins P.O. Box 13600 Phoenix, AZ 85002-3600 602-261-6814 www.stvincentdepaul.net You can contact them for their locations around the valley ... Read Full Story

World Leaders will be meeting at the United Nations starting September 17th.  HungerFREE activists from around the world will be there, loudly demanding that action be taken today to make hunger history.  Right now, we’re collecting messages from across the planet that we’ll be bringing with us. They’ll be displayed across the street from the UN at our vigils and rallies this September and will be handed over to UN leaders in October.  Make yourself heard by signing an online plate, pot, or bento box to end hunger at http://www.hungerfreeplanet.org/action.php Read Full Story