Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.pri.org/ Copyright 2009 Public Radio International. All rights reserved. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/soros-_1billion-green-energy1703.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/soros-_1billion-green-energy1703.html Nonprofits Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600 In addition to $1 billion to fund clean energy technologies, Soros also pledged $100 million into environmental group. (Image: flickr user: Random fotos (cc: by-sa)) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/drought-east-africa1629.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/drought-east-africa1629.html Nonprofits Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:08:00 -0500 A lack of rain and political unrest is threatening East Africa with starvation; Kenya is one of the hardest hit areas. Turkana women waiting for water in Loki (image: Flickr user joodmc (by-nc-cd)) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/treating-depression-in-slums1602.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/treating-depression-in-slums1602.html Nonprofits Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0500 A team from Doctors Without Borders is treating depression in a Rio de Janeiro slum where many residents face rampant violence. (image: Flickr user andreasnilsson1976 (cc: by-nc-sa)) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/afghan-election-monitoring1565.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/afghan-election-monitoring1565.html Nonprofits Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:29:00 -0500 Glenn Cowan, the founder of Democracy International, has monitored elections in more than three dozen countries and he says Afghanistan’s was the most difficult he’s seen in terms of security. An election worker at a polling centre in Kandahar. (Image: Flickr user Canada in Afghanistan (cc: by-nc-sa)) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/free-healthcare-uninsured1551.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/free-healthcare-uninsured1551.html Nonprofits Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:19:00 -0500 Patients waited in line for days at a free health care clinic in California from Remote Area Medical, a global, all-volunteer non-profit which provides free medical care to the uninsured. Hopeful patients, camping out for health care outside of The Forum in Inglewood, California. (Josh Rogosin/The Takeaway) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/abused-iraqi-womens-shelters1544.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/abused-iraqi-womens-shelters1544.html Nonprofits Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:56:00 -0500 A secret network of shelters for abused women in Iraq has emerged in the wake of war-related societal upheaval. (CC: U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Sgt. Jason W. Fudge / Flickr ) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/russia-hostile-ngos1528.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/russia-hostile-ngos1528.html Nonprofits Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:23:00 -0500 The Russian government is not friendly to non-governmental organizations — or NGOs — and often goes to great lengths to make life impossible for the groups. Moscow Skyline (image, CC: 5500 / Flickr) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/water-middle-east1521.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/water-middle-east1521.html Nonprofits Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:27:00 -0500 The Middle East is running out of clean water; Israeli and Palestinian leaders don’t want to talk about it, but grassroots organizations say they have no choice. CC: Liquid Lucidity / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/naacp-centennial-convention1500.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/naacp-centennial-convention1500.html Nonprofits Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:27:00 -0500 Exploring the accomplishments of, and challenges for the NAACP as it celebrates its 100-year anniversary. NAACP leaders in 1956, from left: Henry L. Moon, director of public relations; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary; Herbert Hill, labor secretary, and Thurgood Marshall, special counsel. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/miami-healthcare-plan1490.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/miami-healthcare-plan1490.html Nonprofits Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Miami-Dade County officials and Blue Cross Blue Shield are teaming up to develop a plan for the uninsured. CC: TheTruthAbout / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/canada-wartime-green-homes1464.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/canada-wartime-green-homes1464.html Nonprofits Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:35:00 -0500 A million cookie-cutter houses built in the 1940s in Canada may have a future as energy-independent homes; the energy savings could be substantial. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/kiva-loans-us1440.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/kiva-loans-us1440.html Nonprofits Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:38:00 -0500 KIVA has been making micro loans to the poor in the developing world; now the group is expanding to facilitate micro-lending to the US from the outside. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/relief-shortage-darfur1415.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/relief-shortage-darfur1415.html Nonprofits Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:34:00 -0500 United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks about the conditions in Darfur since the expulsion in March of more than a dozen international aid groups by the Sudanese government. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/china-sichuan-philanthropy1404.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/china-sichuan-philanthropy1404.html Nonprofits Thu, 28 May 2009 12:03:00 -0500 Last year's Sichuan earthquake prompted an unprecedented outpouring of donations and volunteers from throughout China, but has it sustained? CC: eightland / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/charity-donation-research1391.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/charity-donation-research1391.html Nonprofits Thu, 21 May 2009 06:50:00 -0500 Deciding which charity to donate to requires doing a little homework. CC: Eric__I_E / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/heart-surgery-children-russia1378.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/heart-surgery-children-russia1378.html Nonprofits Thu, 14 May 2009 09:22:00 -0500 Stories from Heart to Heart -- a group that sends medical teams to Russia to perform surgery on children born with congenital heart defects. (Image: pixelsrzen) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/family-planning-somali-americans.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/family-planning-somali-americans.html Nonprofits Thu, 07 May 2009 11:55:00 -0500 The Minnesota International Health Volunteers group created a unique family planning message to fit the cultural needs of the Somali population in that state. (Image: mau3ry) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/world-digital-library.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/world-digital-library.html Nonprofits Fri, 01 May 2009 16:22:00 -0500 A UNESCO project, the World Digital Library, is a collaboration among libraries and cultural institutions around the world that are making some of their treasures available on line. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/foreclosed-homes-homeless.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/foreclosed-homes-homeless.html Nonprofits Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:39:00 -0500 As homes are foreclosed upon, and more people end up homeless, some groups are putting the two together to solve both problems. CC: respres / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/humanitarian-aid-groups.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/humanitarian-aid-groups.html Nonprofits Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:18:00 -0500 Western aid agencies are worried that more troops in Afghanistan will lead to more civilian casualties. CC: larryzou@ / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/no-job-volunteer.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/no-job-volunteer.html Nonprofits Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:37:00 -0500 With more and more people getting laid off, increasing numbers are looking to volunteer overseas. CC: LiveALittle.org / Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/singer-charity-ethics.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/singer-charity-ethics.html Nonprofits Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:27:00 -0500 In Australian philosopher Peter Singer's latest book, he argues that we have a moral obligation to help the world's poor. The book is called 'The Life You Can Save.' http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/baby-stroller-development.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/baby-stroller-development.html Nonprofits Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:42:00 -0500 A new study in the UK investigates the possible link between language development and stroller choice. CC: doobybrain/Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/cap-charitable-giving.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/cap-charitable-giving.html Nonprofits Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:46:00 -0500 A strategy to increase tax revenue is a cap on the rate that high-income taxpayers can use to claim charitable deductions, worrying some non-profits. CC: Dan4th/Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/oscars-poor-india.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/oscars-poor-india.html Nonprofits Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:17:00 -0600 Oscar-winning films 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'Smile Pinki' focused on poverty in India; some charities have already tapped into their popularity to steer donations to India's poor. CC: Dey/Flickr http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/english-in-demand.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/english-in-demand.html Nonprofits Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:00 -0600 Eduardo De Oliveira of Feet in Two Worlds reports that his town's ESL classes are so popular, immigrants there need to win a lottery to get in. http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/austrailia-wildfires-climate-change.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/austrailia-wildfires-climate-change.html Nonprofits Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:57:00 -0600 Heidi Cullen of Climate Central says Australia's wildfires might be evidence that when it comes to climate change, the future is now. Smoke from Australian wildfires (Image: jety, Creative Commons) http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/nonprofits-reeling-madoff-fallout.html http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/nonprofits-reeling-madoff-fallout.html Nonprofits Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:51:00 -0600 Nonprofits whose funds were managed by Madoff were hit hard -- some, like the JEHT Foundation are forced to close their doors. 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