VOA News - Billionaire, Nobel Prize Winner Team Up to Help Poor Mexicans

VOA News - Billionaire, Nobel Prize Winner Team Up to Help Poor Mexicans: "exican telecom mogul Carlos Slim and microfinance expert Muhammad Yunus said Monday that they will open a bank in Mexico to grant small loans to people who are too poor to qualify for traditional loans.

The funds, known as micro-credit loans, come with low interest rates and are intended to help poor families start income-generating projects."

Coutts launches "green" philanthropy

Coutts launches "green" philanthropy: "Coutts clients will be able to learn about organisations within the environmental sector to whom they can give, and will be advised on how to maximise the impact of their giving."

Online Recruitment - A new way of giving

Online Recruitment - A new way of giving: "Please don’t call me a philanthropist; I am just trying to be useful,” said one of the individuals Charles Handy interviewed for his new book The New Philanthropists. The book comprises a series of interviews with what Handy has identified as ‘entrepreneurial philanthropists’, ‘catalytic philanthropists’ or ‘social entrepreneurs’ – entrepreneurs and City folk who have made fortunes at a relatively young age and have turned their energy and money-making talents to helping social causes."

Gates Foundation to Fund Experimental Food Aid Program - washingtonpost.com

Gates Foundation to Fund Experimental Food Aid Program - washingtonpost.com: "UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 -- The world's largest philanthropy on Wednesday announced an initiative to transform the way the U.N. World Food Program purchases food by helping poor, small-scale farmers in undernourished countries of Africa and Latin America sell their surplus crops at competitive prices."

eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance

eGov monitor - A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance: "The Office of the Third Sector has just issued its draft consultation on the new corporate form specifically designed for charities, the Charitable Incorporated Organisation or CIO. Helen Harvie explores the new proposed structure.

The deadline for responses to the consultation is 10 December 2008 and the response to the consultation is due to be published in March next year.

Currently charities may take various different forms, the most popular of which is the company limited by guarantee, largely because of the limited liability offered to its members. However, the fact that this vehicle was really designed for commercial companies who wish to benefit their members, rather than for charities who wish to benefit the public, has always created problems and confusion for charity directors"

The Royal Gazette

The Royal Gazette: "Local charities reliant on help from exempt companies could be badly affected by the collapse of insurance giant AIG and the deepening US financial crisis, according to experts.

The Centre on Philanthropy — which coordinates the giving of some $18.5 million each year from almost 70 international and local companies — has already told charities to start thinking about 2009 and put in place strategies to raise funding from other sources."

Emirates NBD recognizes season of giving with special Suhour for charity | Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD recognizes season of giving with special Suhour for charity | Emirates NBD: "This year, the group has organized an exclusive Suhour with a charity fund collection for its affluent and Small & Medium Enterprise customers that fall under the purview of its Al Shaheen Priority Banking Service. The proceeds of the two night event, which was held on the 20th and 21st of September 2008 from 9.30 pm to 2 am at the Ramadan Marquee in Ritz Carlton Dubai, was donated to the UAE Red Crescent Society for serving the needs of orphaned and underprivileged children in the region and beyond."

Bins give little to needy, BBB says | The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN

Bins give little to needy, BBB says | The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN: "Large, neon-green steel containers for used-clothing donations have popped up in recent weeks around Fort Wayne. In fact, the BBB reports 15 boxes have been placed near businesses and in parking lots.

Some boxes say the donations are for Green World Recycling, Green World Action and the Gaia Movement. The boxes' innocuous appearance is deceiving, says Mike Coil, president of the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Indiana."

Russian violinist to play charity concerts - Taiwan News Online

Russian violinist to play charity concerts - Taiwan News Online: "+ Enlarge This image
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Moscow-born violinist and emerging talent Maria Solozobova will give two charity performances in Taiwan sponsored by Motech Industries Incorporated Company and Taipei Philharmonic Foundation to help raise funds for disadvantaged children in Taiwan."

Curry for 10 yen (and a bit for charity, please) at historic restaurant : DY Weekend : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Curry for 10 yen (and a bit for charity, please) at historic restaurant : DY Weekend : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri): "Matsumotoro, an old established restaurant cozily situated among the trees behind the central fountain in Hibiya Park in Tokyo, is a frequent venue for important meetings of politicians and cultural intellectuals. In May, for example, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda hosted a national banquet there, welcoming Chinese President Hu Jintao.

The whitish, four-story restaurant is popular for authentic French dishes and other Western menu items, such as beef stew, which have been served to customers for more than 100 years.

On Thursday, Matsumotoro (www.matsumotoro.co.jp) will serve Haikara Beef Curry, one of its popular dishes, to 1,500 customers for just 10 yen each, on a first-come, first-served basis.

The day's proceeds go to charity, so customers may make a voluntary additional donation on top of the 10 yen if they wish."

Get involved in charity, says Najib

Get involved in charity, says Najib: "PEKAN: Muslims should seize the opportunity to earn merits during the fasting month by doing charitable work, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak."

The Lindsay Post - Ontario, CA

The Lindsay Post - Ontario, CA: "he United Way launched its campaign on September 10th at the Lindsay Golf and Country Club with a fun golf skills event sponsored by Lindsay Pontiac Buick.

Andrew Veale spoke on behalf of the dealership about the benefits of corporate philanthropy. Veale and Sam Thornbury both sit on the United Way campaign team and prior to this, Paul Cross, owner of Lindsay Pontiac Buick sat on the team two years prior. At that time, Mr. Cross saw first hand how many people are affected by United Way and wanted to ensure his company remained involved."

News from Cambridge UK

News from Cambridge UK: "f you love cycling, enjoy a challenge, love meeting new people and believe in education for all, then why not cycle to Kenya in aid of rural primary schools? After all it’s only 6,000 miles away.

On Saturday Xina Moss, Schools and College Liaison Officer at Cambridge Admissions Office, is setting off for the adventure of a lifetime. Xina, who studied maths at Fitzwilliam College, has worked at CAO for the past three years. In particular she has been responsible for much of the organisation of the Oxford and Cambridge Student Conferences and the Sutton Trust Summer Schools."

Charity Finance | DSC speaks out on unfair requirements for small charities

Charity Finance | DSC speaks out on unfair requirements for small charities: "New income-based criteria are excluding small and medium-sized charities from applying for central government grants, according to the Directory of Social Change.

Its cites recently-launched grants on its government funding website, www.governmentfunding.org.uk, including the second round of the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Youth Sector Development Fund which requires an average turnover between £1m and £5m for three years."

THISDAY ONLINE / Nigeria news / African views on global news

THISDAY ONLINE / Nigeria news / African views on global news: "More often than not, a company constructs a borehole in a community and goes to commission it with fanfare and it ends there. Another decides to award some educational scholarships to a couple of indigent students in a community where it operates and that is where its corporate social responsibility (CSR) ends. Well intentioned as these gestures appear to be, experts on the concept of social corporate responsibility contend that the philosophy goes further than that."

Study Examines American Philanthropic Support for Israel - MarketWatch

Study Examines American Philanthropic Support for Israel - MarketWatch: "PHILADELPHIA, Sept 17, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A landmark report released today, 'Philanthropic Support for Israel's Nonprofit Organizations by U.S. Donors,' shows that American philanthropic support to nonprofits in Israel continues to rise and that more American philanthropic dollars directed to Israel are being targeted by donors to specific organizations."

Walkers brave rain to run-up charity total - WalesOnline

Walkers brave rain to run-up charity total - WalesOnline: "DESPITE the weather the Blaenau Gwent branch of the Alzheimer's Society's biggest fundraiser of the year still went ahead.

MP Dai Davies officially started the walk and joined people with dementia of all ages and their carers on the walk.

There were more than 200 people at the event in Bryn Bach Park on Saturday, September 6, around 70 people actually walked in the rain to raise much needed funds and awareness of the issues facing people with dementia and their families."

Draft Foundations Law Lodged In Jersey

Draft Foundations Law Lodged In Jersey: "The Jersey authorities last week lodged proposals for a draft Foundations Law, designed to introduce to Jersey a new legal entity, the ‘foundation’, which will be used for wealth management and charitable purposes.

Foundations have a long history in continental Europe. In medieval times they were used for charitable or religious purposes. More recently they are commonly used for wealth management purposes in a number of offshore jurisdictions."

Singapore’s founding father urges Asia’s wealthy to help the poor | Latest News

Singapore’s founding father urges Asia’s wealthy to help the poor | Latest News: "Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew delivered a speech from his hospital room calling for more compassion from Asia's wealthy toward the poor, media reported Sunday"

SuperWalk for Parkinson's Raises Record $2.2 Million - MarketWatch

SuperWalk for Parkinson's Raises Record $2.2 Million - MarketWatch: "Last update: 5:00 a.m. EDT Sept. 15, 2008
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 15, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Hope and determination motivated 13,000 SuperWalkers in over 80 communities across Canada to raise a record $2.2 million for Parkinson's research, education and support services, with more money still to come."

Britain's richest people increasingly involved in charitable giving | Society | The Guardian

Britain's richest people increasingly involved in charitable giving | Society | The Guardian: "According to this year's Sunday Times rich list, the 1,000 wealthiest people in the UK are collectively worth over £412.8bn, a rise of nearly 15% since 2007. And as personal wealth has grown, so has their desire to give it away. In Britain, where the average person gives £150 a year to charity, the top 30 philanthropists last year committed to donate £2.38bn. While that figure may be dwarfed by the generosity of philanthropists in the US - where last year the top 30 promised £5.47bn - the amount is more than five times that donated by Britain's rich elite in 2006."

TODAYonline

TODAYonline: ".
PUBLIC confidence in charities has increased this year, despite the high-profile scandals at the Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre, according to the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s (NVPC’s) latest survey."

Young leadership gives back in spades

Young leadership gives back in spades: "Gill came to mind recently when I had a conversation over lunch with a business contact and we were discussing Calgary philanthropy. We are all well aware of the wonderful charitable causes supported by some of the city's elite, and often older, business people over the years."

The Economic Times

The Economic Times: "LONDON: It's not usual for a wealth manager to tell his clients how to give away money their money, but that, says Peter Flavel, global head of Standard Chartered private banking 'is what the clients want.'

Standard Chartered has just set up its focused Global Indian private banking programme for both onshore and offshore HNIs, the second such global programme after one for Australians.

To begin with, the programme launches in UK, where Mr Flavel estimates there are 35,000 rich global Indians with more than USD 1 million to invest, that is the base level.

Says Mr Flavel, 'More wealthy Indians want to do good things with their money, but don't know where to give, or how. We're in a position of being able to provide the service.' So philanthropy partnership will be one of the main pillars of Standard Chartered's new Global Indian private banking programme."

Shoppers asked to 'make a difference' - The National Newspaper

Shoppers asked to 'make a difference' - The National Newspaper: "Shoppers asked to 'make a difference'

Anna Seaman

* Last Updated: September 01. 2008 8:36PM UAE / September 1. 2008 4:36PM GMT

ABU DHABI // Four of the country’s largest malls are encouraging shoppers to donate unwanted possessions to charity.

The Mall of the Emirates, Deira City Centre, Sharjah City Centre and Ajman City Centre have each set up large transparent plastic boxes to collect the donations throughout the month."

Barclays staff do their bit for charity - WalesOnline

Barclays staff do their bit for charity - WalesOnline: "Barclays staff do their bit for charity

Sep 4 2008 by Dominic Jones, Gwent Gazette

WORKERS at four local branches of Barclays Bank in Blaenau Gwent will join together with 16 other branches in the South Wales Valleys area to help raise £10,000 for ChildLine, a service provided by the NSPCC."