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Keith Urban Joins Charlie And Moll Anderson to Present Keys to New Habitat for Humanity Homeowner
Country music recording artist Keith Urban is giving new meaning to the term “urban renewal” in Knoxville today when he presents keys to the homeowner for the newest house on Knoxville’s “Music Row” – a Knoxville Habitat...
Canadians Set World Record for the Most Number of People Carrying Water Jugs on Their Heads
282 people of all ages met on the shores of Lake Ontario at the weekend to successfully set the Guinness World Record for the most number of people carrying water jugs on their heads.
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Foundation Donates $150,000 to SOS Children’s Villages
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has announced a donation of $150,000 to SOS Children’s Villages – USA. The donation is given in recognition of National Adoption Day, which celebrates adoptive families and highlights the needs of the over 100,000 children...
European Union Provides $23m to Improve Zimbabwe’s Food Security, Water Supply
The European Union (EU) has authorized a €15 million (about $23 million) humanitarian assistance package to support the re-establishment of crucial health and water supply services and provide food aid, short term food security and livelihood support...
Walmart Donates $1.5 Million To Help Share Our Strength® Expand Family Nutrition Education Programs In The U.S.
Share Our Strength® Founder and Executive Director Bill Shore has announced that the organization accepted a $1.5 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to sustain and ramp up their nutrition education programs for low-income family units in the United...
Donors And Governments Urged to Deliver on Promises to African Farmers
Africa can farm its way out of poverty and hunger – if donors and governments keep their promises to invest more in the women farmers who grow most of its food, anti-poverty agency Action Aid said on Monday. “With one in three Africans chronically...
Six Million Preventable Child Deaths…a Silent Emergency
World Vision has launched a five-year global campaign to end massive “child rights violation” of child and infant death Every 3.5 seconds a child under five dies: 24,000 deaths a day; almost nine million a year – India shares the highest...
