For the first time, Tesco customers will be asked to choose the charities and environmental organisations that will benefit from an estimated £1.8 million set to be raised from carrier bag charges in Wales and Scotland. The organisations on the shortlist for Scotland are Love Food Hate Waste, Keep Scotland Beautiful and Groundwork UK. For […]
New York, Aug. 6, 2014 – Companies in the 100,000 Jobs Mission hired a total of 161,752 U.S. military veterans through the second quarter of 2014. In addition, the coalition has grown from 11 founding members to 165 companies that represent almost every industry in the American economy. “More companies have recognized the value of […]
GAZA, 16 August 2014 – A pause in fighting has helped UNICEF bring life-saving assistance to children in Gaza, but a sustained peace is needed to reach hundreds of thousands more children who desperately need support to rebuild their lives. “This conflict, coming on top of previous conflicts and deepening poverty, has had a devastating […]
NEW YORK – The Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) recognized the Avon Foundation-funded Breast Cancer Start-up Challenge as an award winner of HHS Innovates, a contest developed to celebrate and identify innovation by HHS employees. After seven rounds of judging by HHS leaders and the public, this initiative earned the HHS Innovates “Secretary’s […]
On 26 July, the UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, called for an immediate halt to the intentional destruction of the religious and cultural heritage in Iraq. Referring to the intentional destruction on 24 July of the shrine of Prophet Jonas and the mosque built in his honor in Mosul, the Director-General said that “I am […]
NEW YORK, NY — JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announces a partnership with the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans and beaches. JetBlue will provide the Foundation with air travel to help support beach cleanups and conservation work throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America. Nearly 75% […]
BANGUI, – A cargo plane carrying over 186 metric tons of emergency supplies for children in conflict-affected Central African Republic (CAR) arrived this week in Bangui. The airlift and supplies, provided by USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), include 24,080 buckets, 24,000 wool blankets, 12,000 kitchen sets, 1,090 rolls of plastic sheeting and […]
BENTONVILLE, Ark., – Today, the Walmart Foundation announces the start of a summer-long initiative to help children and families gain access to nutritious meals and learn healthy-eating habits. The family-focused initiative includes $15 million in grants that will provide meals and nutrition education to 1.4 million children and families in more than 1,500 communities. The […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – June 19, 2014 – Today, Google is joining with supporters, including Chelsea Clinton, Girls Inc., Girl Scouts of the USA, Mindy Kaling, MIT Media Lab, National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Seventeen and TechCrunch, to kick off Made with Code. The initiative will aim to inspire millions of girls […]
The Coca-Cola Company, USAID, the Global Fund, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invest more than $21M USD to expand initiative to 10 countries Atlanta, June 23, 2014 – The Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations , the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the […]
