Talk of the Day -- Market vendors pitch in for philanthropy - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

Talk of the Day -- Market vendors pitch in for philanthropy - CNA ENGLISH NEWS: "In the real world, however, a group of night market vendors in the central-south rural county of Yunlin have long quietly practiced their own philanthropy -- helping with the burial of the impoverished in their hometown."

Thailand Project students give back to UWSP | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

Thailand Project students give back to UWSP | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com: "But now they have become so comfortable they no longer need to focus all their attention on school to succeed. Looking for a way to give back to the community and spread word of human rights violations, they have created a student organization, Sa-Wat-Dee Community & International Volunteers, that will help match area nonprofits with volunteers. The organization also will bring in speakers each year to address statelessness, human trafficking and child labor."

2010 a very charitable year: Report - People's Daily Online

2010 a very charitable year: Report - People's Daily Online: "The country's top think tank said on Tuesday that donations hit 70 billion yuan ($10.7 billion) last year, more than double the year before.

'The year 2010 has seen a quantum leap in the number of big donations,' said Zheng Yuanchang, who oversees charity work at the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

Anonymous Picasso donation an $18 million windfall for Sydney University - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Anonymous Picasso donation an $18 million windfall for Sydney University - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "t's called Jeune fille endormie, a 1935 painting of Picasso's love Marie-Therese Walter, and it could be worth up to $18 million in potential research funding for the University of Sydney.

An anonymous American donor has provided the painting on the condition that it is auctioned off to raise money for scientific research."

Philanthropy in Britain: top 10 trends among this century's William Morrises - Telegraph

Philanthropy in Britain: top 10 trends among this century's William Morrises - Telegraph: "Here we take a look at the 10 emerging trends among British philanthropists, according to Philanthropy UK, which provides advice to charitable organisations and individuals."

PhilanTopic: Event: The Arab World in Transition: What’s the Role of Philanthropy?

PhilanTopic: Event: The Arab World in Transition: What’s the Role of Philanthropy?: "A Limited Role for U.S. Foundations in the Arab World

It was clear from the outset that the major theme of the evening was going to be caution and restraint. Political reform in the Middle East is the kind of topic that gets international funders excited, but the panelists all agreed it is important for Western foundations, NGOs, and development agencies to respect the fact that the democracy movements in the Arab world are homegrown and driven by local actors. M"

University World News - ASIA: The rise of higher education philanthropy

University World News - ASIA: The rise of higher education philanthropy: "With such headline amounts at a time when universities are internationalising and diversifying from dependence on public funding, more attention is being paid to philanthropic higher education fundraising in Asia.

Philanthropy in higher education is not new in the region. Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka Shing's HK$1billion (US$128 million) donation to Hong Kong University in 2005 was the largest single amount the university had ever received and at the time the largest donation to a university in Asia."

2011 Hurun Philanthropy List released - People's Daily Online

2011 Hurun Philanthropy List released - People's Daily Online: "The '2011 Hurun Philanthropy List' was released on April 19, and the Cao Dewang family was selected as 'China's most generous philanthropist,' with donations of nearly 4.6 billion yuan in 2010. A total of 23 philanthropists donated more than 100 million yuan in 2010, which is more than double the number in 2009.

Cao was followed by Wang Jianlin, with donations of nearly 1.2 billion yuan, and the Zhu Mengyi family, with donations of 660 million yuan."

Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam

Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam

Habitat-Barclays Barefoot Charity Walk Needs Your Soles! – American Banking News

Habitat-Barclays Barefoot Charity Walk Needs Your Soles! – American Banking News: "The venue will offer a picturesque setting for the walk which will take place over 2.5 and 4 kilometre distances. Building on the success of previous years’ events, the organisers hope to attract more than 5,000 pairs of bare feet for the 9.00am start.

Participants in the barefoot walk will help raise funds for local and overseas beneficiaries. The event will also assist in raising awareness for Habitat for Humanity projects that build homes and fight poverty for the less fortunate."

BBC News - Three Cups of Tea: The Pakistan and Afghan side

BBC News - Three Cups of Tea: The Pakistan and Afghan side: "he report dissected the financial affairs of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), the charity he set up, but it also raised serious doubts over whether the organisation really did build all the schools it has taken credit for. Mr Mortenson denies the allegations.

The BBC investigated a few areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan to test some of the central claims made in the programme."

Universities in France Turn to Private Fund Raising - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Universities in France Turn to Private Fund Raising - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Universities in France Turn to Private Fund Raising

April 19, 2011, 9:37 am

French universities have set up 39 foundations to channel private philanthropy into scholarships, research, and other programs, according to the International Herald Tribune."

Sixteen more local authorities seek to regulate chugging - Third Sector

Sixteen more local authorities seek to regulate chugging - Third Sector: "Clampdown on street fundraisers

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association says site agreements are unlikely to affect charities' income from face to face fundraising

The Public Fundraising Regulatory Association is in talks to establish agreements to regulate street fundraising in 16 more local authority areas across the UK."

Kid philanthropists: Charity begins at grade school - The Globe and Mail

Kid philanthropists: Charity begins at grade school - The Globe and Mail: "For Mark Mannarn, coming up with the concept for his charity event was simple. “I love hockey. And I hate cancer,” the 12-year-old says.

The result? Minor Hockey Fights Cancer, Feel Like a Pro Day, in Toronto"

And They’re Off! A Rickshaw Charity Run - India Real Time - WSJ

And They’re Off! A Rickshaw Charity Run - India Real Time - WSJ: "“The Rickshaw Run,” a part-adventure, part-charity event that kicked off Sunday from the southern city of Kochi in Kerala has 180 participating teams from 19 countries, an Associated Press story reported."

Australia donates to charity as royal wedding gift

Australia donates to charity as royal wedding gift: "SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA said on Monday it will donate A$25,000 (S$32,800) to the Royal Flying Doctor Service as a wedding gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The couple, who will marry on April 29, have asked that anyone intending to send them presents instead give the money to charity.

'The gift was decided following a request from the happy couple to donate to one of their nominated charities instead of a wedding gift,' said Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office."

Want people to cough up for charity? Get into Lycra | Zoe Williams | Comment is free | The Guardian

Want people to cough up for charity? Get into Lycra | Zoe Williams | Comment is free | The Guardian: "I got a press release from a friend of a friend who, three days hence, intends to dance the London Marathon. It is entitled 'Teacher to become first ever person to dance the London Marathon', like we'd all been waiting 30 years for someone to finally dance the marathon, but we'd always assumed it would be a dancer. He is probably overegging it a bit (his name is Ben Hammond, by the way, and if you would like to sponsor him, you can do so here), but it sounds extremely hard, beyond the well-documented physical hardships of travelling a m"

Philanthropy growing among Asia’s rich - Private Banking - Banking - News - FinanceAsia.com - The network for financial decision makers

Philanthropy growing among Asia’s rich - Private Banking - Banking - News - FinanceAsia.com - The network for financial decision makers: "Philanthropy growing among Asia’s rich
Private banks in the region gear up to service the increased interest in philanthropy from their wealthy clients."

Third of Britons 'have no interest in volunteering or fundraising' - Third Sector

Third of Britons 'have no interest in volunteering or fundraising' - Third Sector: "Research commissioned by Parkinson's UK finds 61 per cent of population have never volunteered

Almost a third of the British public have no interest in helping charities through volunteering or fundraising, according to new research commissioned by the charity Parkinson's UK."

Nick Hurd meets Apple to discuss iPhone donations app - Third Sector

Nick Hurd meets Apple to discuss iPhone donations app - Third Sector

Charity-giving growing more sophisticated

Charity-giving growing more sophisticated: "Charity-giving growing more sophisticated

SINGAPORE - More wealthy individuals in Asia are giving to worthy causes and moving away from ad hoc donations to more sophisticated philanthropic models such as foundations and venture philanthropy."

UTV News - Microfinance, development banks and the future of aid

UTV News - Microfinance, development banks and the future of aid: "Fortnightly news round-up: The debate around microfinance, Brazil's success with its development bank and what aid will look like in the future are some of the issues we've featured on the Global development site

Is microfinance good news for the poor? It's a question that has cropped up several times on the Global development site over the last month, and it's one we seek to address in our latest Focus podcast."

Where does philanthropy end and giving begin? | Philanthropy UK

Where does philanthropy end and giving begin? | Philanthropy UK: "Where does philanthropy end and giving begin?

Is all giving philanthropy or does the definition of philanthropy imply a long-term, engaged approach to giving?

Micro-donation channels are proving a real draw for donors and starting to raise philanthropic sized sums of money; For example, the charity Pennies, which works as an electronic charity box, has received over 250,000 consumer donations since its launch four months ago"

NGO hopes to benefit from failure | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk

NGO hopes to benefit from failure | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk: "So I'm full of admiration for a Canadian NGO that is breaking all the rules by publishing a failure report. Engineers Without Borders has bravely catalogued various mistakes in its projects. Project officers come clean in a series of snapshots of what they did wrong . So Owen Scott confesses that he thought he knew exactly what was needed in Malawi, where he was working on a water project. He secured the funding and got it sorted: an updated survey. But it only postponed the problem, which was that the district government didn't have the money to regularly update the survey. Scott admitted 'prioritising tangible activities' and effectively using money as bribery."

'Tainted' donor rules in Finance Bill are an improvement, say experts - Third Sector

'Tainted' donor rules in Finance Bill are an improvement, say experts - Third Sector: "Legal expert Nicola Evans comments on the story

Measures to stop charity tax breaks being used for tax avoidance have been amended since the draft was published in December

New 'tainted donor' rules in the Finance Bill, designed to prevent fraudulent donations to charity, will solve many of the problems highlighted in earlier draft legislation, according to some charity legal and financial experts."

Jackie Chan to donate entire fortune to charity, leaves nothing to son - Channel NewsAsia

Jackie Chan to donate entire fortune to charity, leaves nothing to son - Channel NewsAsia: "BEIJING: Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan revealed that he would donate all his assets to charity during an awards ceremony in Beijing on Thursday and would not leave a cent for his son, singer Jaycee Chan, reported Chinese media.

Chan, who already willed half his fortune to charity, expressed Thursday that his son will get nothing after he passes away."

Vancouver philanthropist Djavad Mowafaghian donates $15 million to UBC Faculty of Medicine

Vancouver philanthropist Djavad Mowafaghian donates $15 million to UBC Faculty of Medicine: "Vancouver philanthropist and developer Djavad Mowafaghian has given $15 million to the University of B.C.'s medical faculty, the largest gift to the faculty in the university's history."

A Global Education Challenge: Harnessing Corporate Philanthropy to Educate the World's Poor - Brookings Institution

A Global Education Challenge: Harnessing Corporate Philanthropy to Educate the World's Poor - Brookings Institution: "Despite the undeniable benefits of education to society, the educational needs, particularly in the world’s poorest countries, remain strikingly great. There are more than 67 million children not enrolled in primary school around the world, millions of children who are enrolled in school but not really learning, and too few young people are advancing to secondary school (van der Gaag and Adams 2010). Consider, for instance, the number of children unable to read a single word of connected text at the end of grade two: more than 90 pe"