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Monday, January 21, 2013 — Sub-Saharan Africa

In Central Mali, MSF Staff Bunkers Down, Clamoring for Access

Source: Devex
The day after it called for military leaders to unblock access to crucial roads in central Mali, the majority of Médecins Sans Frontières’s staff remained on lockdown, unable to provide medical care and services to those in need.
TAGS:health care, NGO, rural healthcare delivery
Thursday, January 17, 2013 — No Region Specified

Save the Children receives $40 million for Saving Newborn Lives program

Source: Save the Children
Save the Children is pleased to announce the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new five-year grant of $40 million to its Saving Newborn Lives program.
TAGS:Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, health care, NGO, Philanthropy
Monday, September 24, 2012 — No Region Specified

Hult Global Case Challenge To Announce Incubator-Based 'NGO 2.0' At Clinton Global Initiative Conference

Source: Forbes
In April, I wrote about the Hult Global Case Challenge, a worldwide social entrepreneurship challenge hosted by the Hult International Business School, an entity owned by Swedish billionaire Bertil Hult (worth $3 billion as of March), the entrepreneur who made his fortune by building language and cultural learning giant EF Education First.
TAGS:conferences, events and competitions, incubators, NGO
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 — South Asia

BRAC eyes fully self-funded by 2021

Source: BDNews24
Dhaka, June 5 (bdnews24.com)—BRAC says it is 'gradually' lessening dependency on foreign donations in an effort to be a self-financed organisation by 2021. "Even in 1990 we depended 100 percent on foreign donations, but in 2011 it was only 30 percent," Executive Director Dr Mahbub Hossain said while unveiling the 2011 annual report of the largest Bangladeshi NGO.
TAGS:Microfinance, NGO
Friday, February 10, 2012 — South Asia

Students Learn a Trade in Afghanistan Hotspot

Source: PBS
Mercy Corps is working in southern Afghanistan to connect craftsmen with their countrymen and women so they can make a living and better their lives.
TAGS:NGO, rural development, skill development, social impact
Thursday, February 02, 2012 — South Asia

BRAC puts Entrepreneurs to Work Providing Clean Toilets for Millions

Source: PRWeb
In Bangladesh, the development organization's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program gives millions of the rural poor a fresh start with latrines at prices fair to buyers and sellers alike.
TAGS:NGO, rural development, sanitation, water

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