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Press Release: JPMorgan Chase Makes $50 Million Philanthropic Investment to Help Address Immediate and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19
JPMorgan Chase announced a $50 million global philanthropic commitment to address the immediate public health and long-term economic challenges from the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Press Release: VisionFund International Brings Financial Inclusion to Refugees in West Nile Settlements
VisionFund is the first microfinance organisation to serve refugee groups at scale with group loans in Palorinya settlement.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID Head to Resign Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The head of the United States Agency for International Development will step down next month from the nation’s premier arm for humanitarian aid in the midst of a snowballing pandemic.
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- Coronavirus
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Q&A: Help Others or Go Bust, Migrant Billionaire Tells Big Business
Hamdi Ulukaya says the days of companies being run solely to maximise profit for shareholders are over.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- North America
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Mercy Corps CEO Neal Keny-Guyer to Resign Amid Turmoil Following Sex Abuse Allegations Against Co-Founder
His abrupt departure is a stunning development for Mercy Corps and is the result of intense pressure from Mercy Corps employees who are furious over the organization’s handling of Tania Culver Humphrey’s sexual abuse allegations in the 1990s and again last year.
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- North America
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Lululemon Is Helping the UN’s Humanitarian Aid Workers Take Care of Themselves
While most aid workers are happy to help disaster victims, refugees, displaced persons, and families find a path forward, it’s tough work. PTSD, anxiety, and stress-related illnesses are all well-known side effects of humanitarian work.
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Crypto May Be the Future of Humanitarian Aid
Venezuelans need a way to access the world economic marketplace that bypasses the regime’s control, a way to attain a degree of financial independence. And for some citizens of Venezuela, help has arrived in the form of bitcoin.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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Venezuelans Use Cryptocurrency to Bypass Corruption, Inflation
Aid providers say digital currencies are becoming an important route to bypassing corruption or repressive regimes.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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