The first annual World Malaria Day is here.
As a survivor of the particularly nasty Falciparum strain of Malaria I am fully behind this very effective initiative from the UN Foundation:
The UN Foundation has generated great participation from supporters across the country for their Deliver the Net Game:
VNN recently caught up with Darian Rodriguez Heyman; the Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by the creators of the internationally popular social media community Craigslist.org.
An online campaign has launched at www.humanitariandream.com proposing a solution to all the controversy surrounding the Beijing Olympics this summer. Amidst all the outcries for boycott and the resulting acrimony, businessman Steve Varon proposes a plausible solution.
Google.org’s course on poverty and development a 10-week course focused on understanding poverty and development taught by Joshua Cohen, director of Stanford’s Program on Global Justice, is now available through YouTube.com. [Details]
Google.org is the philanthropic arm of Google and the umbrella for its commitment to devote employee time and one percent of Google’s profits and equity toward philanthropy.
It all began when they ran a TV commercial about people doing things for strangers. The response was overwhelming; with thousands of emails and letters from people all over the country thanking the Insurance company.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors has published a comprehensive, practical guide that translates the concepts, ideas and philosophy of Mission-Related Investing (MRI) into useable policies and practices for foundation trustees. The monograph adds significantly to a growing body of knowledge and practice areas.
The application of business principles to the world of civil society and social change has fashion, wealth, power and celebrity behind it. But where is the evidence that “philanthrocapitalism” works, and are there better ways to achieve urgently needed global social progress? It’s time to end the hype and start the debate, says Michael Edwards
The continued boom in bank products compliant with Islam has spurred plans to set up a new financial institution in Switzerland based on the tenets of the faith.
Value is the only commonality in an increasingly complex, challenging and interdependent world.
Laurance Allen: Editor + Publisher