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Mott MacDonald wins key development roles in Bangladesh

1/28/2013 11:42 AM EST  -   Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Government of Bangladesh to support three development projects aimed at reducing poverty and increasing incomes in the country. All are financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Sustainable rural infrastructure improvement project (SRIIP)

The consultancy is providing design and supervision services for SRIIP which will foster growth, capacity development and gender...

12 Young Leaders Win Sargent Shriver Warriors Against Poverty Award

8/22/2012 4:01 PM EST  -   Marguerite Casey Foundation
SEATTLE – Marguerite Casey Foundation earlier this month presented 12 young community leaders with the Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award in recognition of their vision, passion and dedication to improving the lives of families and their communities. The young organizers from Arizona, California, Illinois and New Mexico each received $5,000 in honor of their leadership.

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Marguerite Casey Foundation Unveils 2012 Equal Voice National Family Platform an...

7/24/2012 11:30 AM EST  -   Marguerite Casey Foundation
Report Cites Recession Has Changed Little for Poor Families
LOS ANGELES—Just as politicians are ramping up for the fall elections, Marguerite Casey Foundation unveiled, and families ratified, the 2012 Equal Voice National Family Platform in Los Angeles on July 23, 2012 – a report outlining the issue and policy priorities of 6,000 poor families surveyed from Alabama to California. The issue that the families –...
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Why Capitalism Protects the Underprivileged

5/21/2012 10:00 AM EST  -   Eagle Publishing
How Obama’s anti-capitalist policies are destroying America’s prosperity, economic freedom, and liberty
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In an election year when everything hinges on the economy, the Left has seized on America’s economic troubles as an excuse to “blame the rich guy.”  President Obama and his allies paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel, asserting that the only way to...

ONE Applauds President Obama’s Bold Plans on Agriculture and Food Security; Nutr...

5/18/2012 3:36 PM EST  -   ONE Campaign
Michael Elliott, President and CEO of ONE, issued the following statement on President Obama's announcement of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in advance of the G8 Summit at Camp David:

"At the Chicago Council’s Symposium today, President Obama announced that the G8 will make a bold commitment to food security that tackles the root causes of hunger and extreme poverty. We thank President Obama for...

ONE Calls on G8 to Deliver Bold, Smart Plan on Agriculture

5/14/2012 3:13 PM EST  -   ONE Campaign
Bono to Join President Obama and Secretary Clinton at Global Food Security Summit 

280,000 Campaigners “Plant a Seed for Change” in the Heads of G8 Leaders; ONE’s Street Tweeter Takes Food Security Message to the Streets
Washington, DC, May 14, 2012 – With five days until the G8 Summit at Camp David, the global advocacy organization ONE is calling on world leaders to take bold, smart and targeted actions to...
U.S. Thrive Launch Event
 

New Report from ONE Shows Agriculture Plans Could Lift 50M People Out of Poverty...

4/10/2012 1:37 PM EST  -   ONE Campaign
ONE Launches Thrive: Campaigners Across the World Will Sow the Seeds of Change
Washington, DC -- New analysis published today by ONE has found that 50 million people could be lifted out of extreme poverty and 15 million children could be saved from chronic malnutrition if world leaders take urgent action to break the cycle of poverty and hunger in 30 of the world’s poorest countries. These new findings have...

U.S. Believers Favor International Action on Climate Change, Nuclear Risk: UMD P...

12/7/2011 10:21 AM EST  -   University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A majority of Americans professing belief in God favor cooperative international efforts to combat climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons - branding it a moral obligation - says a new public opinion poll conducted jointly by the University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) and its Program on International Policy...

2011 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL MICROFINANCE SUMMIT - CONFERENCE (SAT SEPT 17)

9/16/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   Toronto International Microfinance Summit
Keynote Kadita ‘A.T.’ Tshibaka to speak on “Staying the course – Microfinance Matters!”
TORONTO (Sept 15, 2011) – Toronto International Microfinance Summit announced today that Kadita ‘A.T.’ Tshibaka, Director and past CEO of Opportunity International will set the tone for its Saturday Conference – the micro way.  In its third year, the annual Summit brings together: microfinance practitioners, development...
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Rickey Minor Brings Awareness to Youth Homelessness by Supporting National GenWh...

6/21/2011 9:00 AM EST  -   RICH GERMAN
"I think it is important for people who are doing well and those who are recognized in the media (actors, musicians, artists) to get involved," said Rickey Minor, the former Emmy-nominated music director of American Idol. Rickey Minor’s support for the GenWhy Project will help make a difference. The National Coalition for the Homeless states that 1 out of every 3 homeless people are under the age of 18....