Latest Humanitarian aid Stories
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Executive Director of Pathways to Housing PA, Chris Simiriglia, has been given the prestigious honor of being invited to be a Team Member for TEDMED's Great Challenges Program. TEDMED is recognized and respected for hosting a unique 3-day event (April 16 - 19, 2013) in Washington, DC, which is the nation's premier gathering for people from inside and outside the world of medicine to connect and inspire new thinking to change our...
TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - More Canadian children live in poverty today than in 1989 and the federal government is missing in action, says Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator for Campaign 2000. Twenty-three years after the House of Commons unanimously voted to work together to eliminate child poverty the crisis is worse. Today, one in seven Canadian children live in poverty - one in four in First Nation's communities - a reality that threatens our country's future through...
Gardens seen as vital to full recovery in temporary housing community LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) is donating US$73,000 to help fund a garden project that is part of ongoing post-disaster relief efforts in Japan's northern provinces. The grant, awarded to AmeriCares, a nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization, will benefit residents in a temporary housing community in the Tohoku region, where the 2011 9.0...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) released findings of a new survey about Americans' perceptions on food production. The survey, released in conjunction with The Food Dialogues(SM): New York, revealed Americans increasingly believe food production is heading in the right direction. However, the survey also found Americans still have widespread misperceptions about how food is grown and raised. According to the...
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sullivan Brill's I'm homeless is a funky song that attempts to spotlight a silent epidemic in our nation. "I'm homeless is a Christian hip hop tune that sheds light on the plight of homelessness. You hear the well-to-do driver upset with the homeless man's request for help. You feel the urgent need for food, and a place for rest, and security in the chorus. It could happen to anyone," says Brill. He continues,"from an infant to age 10,...
Ears Up, Ears Down, sixth in series of books on family homelessness and poverty, released during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2012 NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness today released Ears Up, Ears Down: A Dog's Journey Home, a picture book -- with a corresponding activity book -- about an adventurous dog named Ears Up, Ears Down, who becomes homeless after the junkyard where he lives is foreclosed...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Part of United Way's campaign to end poverty in L.A. County, HomeWalk is a 5K run/walk to raise public awareness and fund solutions to end homelessness, an extreme form of poverty. Over the last five years, 28,000 people have walked, raising $2.2M and helping move over 12,000 people off the streets...
Funds to supplement diet for 3,400 children using Haitian-grown food LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) has made a grant of US$10,000 to assist an ongoing campaign to end widespread malnutrition among children throughout the island nation of Haiti. The funds will go to Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) and will buy peanuts to make Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food. The food, which is known locally as Medika Mamba or medical peanut butter,...
CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Apartments.com invites America to help them end homelessness by participating in the second annual "Raising Awareness. Taking Action: A Campaign to Help End Homelessness" initiative. Throughout the month of November, Apartments.com will donate $1 for every new "LIKE" received on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Apartments.com) -up to $25,000--to benefit People Serving People of Minneapolis, MN and Vogel Alcove of Dallas, Texas. These organizations...
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is launching a fundraising drive today for AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. The three-day "Hispanos Unidos" campaign kicks off today with a radio/telethon on the company's radio and television station MegaTV. Listeners of the company's 22 Spanish-language stations will also be invited to donate by phone, text message or via the AmeriCares website. To donate, call 1-800-806-2760, text...
