Delta Air Lines Inc. is helping ameliorate two acute humanitarian crises on different sides of the world that have transfixed Americans in recent weeks. On Monday, just over a week […]
Category: Nonprofits
Posted inAfrica
Agnes Scott Women’s Leadership Conference to Feature Kenyan Environmental Activist
Agnes Scott College in Decatur is bringing in a longtime environmental activist from Kenya to challenge its young women leaders to take on the wide-reaching social effects of climate change. […]
Posted inHaiti, Nonprofits
Georgia Nonprofits Respond as Haiti Reels From Dual Disasters
Georgia-based nonprofits find themselves in a tragically familiar position this week, sending emergency relief to Haiti as the country reels from a string of new natural disasters. Nearly 2,000 people […]
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Andrew Young Foundation Seeks Funds for Oxygen in India
While it traditionally focuses on Africa, the Atlanta-based Andrew Young Foundation is raising funds for oxygen concentrators to help India with its COVID-19 surge. The former Atlanta mayor and U.S. […]
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Student Nonprofit Offers Local Companies, Organizations Free Translations in 12 Languages
Editor’s note: This sponsored article was produced through a paid collaboration with SUNE Translate. Sophomores at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Lawrenceville, Ga., have channeled their affinity […]
Posted inBriefs, Global Health, Nonprofits
UPS Foundation Pledges $1 Million in Cash, Services to Help India Fight COVID Surge
United Parcel Service Inc. is joining other companies in pledging $1 million in funding and in-kind services to help India combat a runaway COVID-19 outbreak. Thousands are dying each day, […]
Posted inBusiness, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofits
India Looks to Private Sector, Innovation to Address Environmental Crises
India has captured the world’s sympathy as it faces a devastating COVID-19 surge, but beneath that acute crisis lies another slow-burning threat that could be more destructive in the long […]
Posted inSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
Georgia Caribbeans Holding Donation Drive for Victims of St. Vincent Volcanic Eruption
The Caribbean community in Georgia is springing into action to help St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a series of volcanic eruptions this month forced the displacement of some 20,000 people in […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Education, Logistics, Nonprofits
50 Million and Counting: Ghana Partnership, COVID-19 Mark Books for Africa’s Packed Year
Books for Africa’s year was filled with milestones, from adapting to COVID-19 to marking the 50 millionth book sent since it began improving literacy and striving to end the continent’s […]
Posted inGlobal Health, Nonprofits
Carter Center Nets $10 Million from United Arab Emirates to Help End Guinea Worm
Atlanta-based humanitarian organization The Carter Center has netted a renewed $10 million commitment from the government of the United Arab Emirates toward its efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease. His […]