Richard Ragan, head of the United Nations World Food Program’s operations in North Korea, faces one of the most difficult challenges in relief work, a government that is often hostile to charities, says The Wall Street Journal in a profile of Mr. Ragan. Mr. Ragan is working on a way to continue his…
Amrit Singh, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, in New York, is a frequent critic of the Bush administration’s treatment of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, but in an ironic twist her father is Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India, who is on good terms with the president,…
The Bank of America Corporation, in Charlotte, N.C., plans to donate $200-million this year, making it the largest corporate donor in cash, reports Reuters. The company is increasing its giving because of its acquisition of the MBNA Corporation in Delaware.
KATRINA SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Foundation commits $1-million to help small businesses ravaged by Hurricane Katrina
Top Democrats in the New York Assembly and some consumer groups are opposed to a plan proposed by Gov. George E. Pataki that would redirect $160-million from the New York Charitable Asset Foundation, more than half of the fund’s $260-million endowment, into biomedical research, reports The New York…
International Health Partners, in Wadhurst, England, has negotiated the delivery of 280,000 doses of a meningitis vaccine to victims of last year’s devastating earthquake in Kashmir, as well as free or discounted air freight and logistical support from other companies, reports The Financial Times.…
CHARITY-PRODUCED TELEVISION SHOWS
The filmmaker Robert Greenwald has helped the Sierra Club and the American Civil Liberties Union create their own cable-television series, reports The New York Times. “The Sierra Club Chronicles,” a monthly series of seven half-hour episodes, and “The ACLU Freedom Files,” a series of 10 30-minute…
The Red Cross’s San Gabriel Pomona Valley chapter last week returned a $100,000 donation to the City of Pasadena after questions were raised about the truthfulness of the charity’s solicitation of the funds, reports the Daily Bulletin. The Pasadena City Council donated the money to the Red Cross…
Twenty-six police officers in Queens, N.Y., are angry that their sergeant, Estella Holmes, forged their signatures to automatically deduct charitable contributions from their paychecks, reports The New York Daily News. The deductions were designated for the city’s Combined Municipal Campaign, and…