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...
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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...
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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 Paul420 West WatkinsP.O. Box 13600Phoenix...
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Most rational people would agree that, in times of disaster, the usual "politics" around the world should be suspended in order to help the victims.
Why the ruling junta of Myanmar is so desperate to put their name on relief efforts, and to prevent the flow of much-needed food, sterile water, and medical supplies just boggles the mind.
Are they so sure that a few hundred relief workers from organizations such as CARE, Feed the Children, and other highly reputable NGO's will come and try...
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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...
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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...
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A report by the Washington-based relief agency Refugees International said US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, lacks the funding necessary to address the ...
Employees from the Small Business Administration set up a business recovery center at the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce. The goal was to help flooded ...
The Spokane American Red Cross will be assisting the five adults and four children that lived in that home. You must be logged in to rate this story. ...
By Jill Aho The Red Cross has given aid to the victims of more than 30 local house fires in the past four weeks, providing $14000 in assistance for ...
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter Brothers Colin and Mickey MacDonald of Halifax are co-recipients of the Canadian Red Cross’s 2008 Humanitarian Award ...
Colombia's president has confirmed that a Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military rescue mission that freed 15 hostages from FARC rebels. ...