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By David on Jul 23, 2008 in Featured | 0 Comments
The United States Sports Academy awarded the Iraqi national soccer team as the winner of it’s 2008 ‘Team of the Year’ award. The men of the Iraqi soccer team won the Asia Cup Championship with a win over Saudi Arabia in the final match in Jakarta.
In the final minutes of the championship game, an Iraqi [...]
By David on Jul 22, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
Earthwatch (Maynard, MA headquarters) is the world’s largest environmental volunteer nonprofit organization. Since its founding in 1971, more than 80,000 volunteers have been sent into the field to work with more than a thousand scientists on nearly 1,350 projects in 120 countries.
In 2008, Earthwatch will sponsor 130 research projects in more than 40 countries and [...]
By David on Jul 21, 2008 in Featured, Mideast | 2 Comments
Ever wonder exactly what types of non-military projects the U.S. Government is working on in Iraq? Soccer fields, popcorn for Scouts, aerial spraying of farms using helicopters, hybrid seeds, comedy plays, micro-grants, sewing centers, internet centers, prescription eyewear programs … all are types of projects undertaken to assist local Iraqis.
Below is a listing of just a [...]
By David on Jul 20, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
The Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS), founded in 1963 and based in Maryland, is a nonprofit membership organization in which more than 10,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve each year throughout the USA and in 108 countries worldwide.
An annual directory lists nearly 200 volunteer and lay mission programs available for volunteers in Africa, Asia, [...]
By David on Jul 19, 2008 in World | 2 Comments
Equality Now (New York), founded in 1992, documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop human rights abuses.
Issues or great concern include rape, domestic violence, reproductive rights, trafficking of women, female genital mutilation, and the denial of equal access to economic opportunity and political participation.
Equality Now distributes [...]
By David on Jul 18, 2008 in Mideast | 0 Comments
The Iranian national basketball team, currently the FIBA ASIA Champions, are participating this July 15-21 in Utah against American NBA (National Basketball Association) teams and NBA Developmental League Ambassadors. The Iranian players and coaches will also observe NBA practices, engage in basketball discussions, and visit American cultural sites.
NBA Commission David Stern says, “the NBA embraces [...]
By David on Jul 17, 2008 in Featured, USA | 1 Comment
“The U.S. is the only country among 30 (OECD) free-market countries where the current generation is less well educated than the previous one”, states a June, 2008 “Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce” report from the National Commission on Adult Literacy.
“Between 88 and 90 million adults aren’t prepared to meet the demands [...]
By David on Jul 15, 2008 in World | 2 Comments
Education Development Center (EDC), headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit that manages 325 projects in 35 countries around the world, including projects in Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North, Central and South America.
Founded in 1958, EDC’s projects focus on issues such as early childhood development, K-12 education, health promotion, workforce [...]
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