Aid workers feared a second wave of deaths caused by winter descending on Pakistan after the October earthquake, but the worst never materialized, reports the Associated Press. More than 80,000 people died in the quake, which also left three million people homeless and potentially subject to…
Dana Reeve, widow of the late actor Christopher Reeve, died Monday night after a battle with lung cancer, reports CNN. An official with the Christopher Reeve Foundation, the charity she and her husband set up to raise funds to research and improve life for those with spinal-cord injuries, told the…
RELIEF CHARITY’S UNUSUAL INSURANCE POLICY
The World Food Program, run by the United Nations, has taken out a $930,000 insurance policy based on the weather patterns in Ethiopia that will pay the organization if a severe drought hits the region, reports The New York Times. AXA Re, a French insurer, will pay the World Food Program…
U.S. Muslim charities are finding it difficult to operate and distribute aid without raising concern from the U.S. Treasury Department about aiding terrorist groups in the Middle East, reports The Toledo Blade. KindHearts, in Toledo, started in 2002 after the government shut down the three largest…
Leading retail company Wal-Mart will team up with America’s Second Harvest to raise as much as $10-million for the national hunger group, reports the Financial Times. The move signals a new approach in the company’s giving, which included $200-million in donations to charities last year. Previously…
A couple in the Boston area is being accused of cheating about 25 to 30 local charities and churches out of money, food stamps, and toys, reports The Boston Globe. Police arrested Joseph F. Brennan at the end of last month, and they are still seeking Kimberly Dow in connection with the alleged…
World Jewish Congress embroiled in controversy over a whistleblower