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A trip to Indonesia as part of a Department of Foreign Affairs philanthropy delegation has revealed how Australian philanthropic funds, even in small amounts, can make a significant difference in other countries, writes Pro Bono Australia Founder Karen Mahlab AM in her latest blog.

Recently I returned from Indonesia with a full and informed head.

At the just opened Australian embassy we had extensive briefings on Indonesia and on philanthropy in Indonesia.

Many of you will know that Australia’s Foreign Aid budget was slashed in 2014 cut from $600 million per annum to $374 million in 2015.

We visited two wonderfully welcoming schools complete with musical bands and singing who are twinned with Australian schools as part of AIIs BRIDGE program. One was an Islamic school a madrass and one a Catholic school. Again, they were wonderfully creative groups and people such as Papermoon puppet theatre, the art space Komunitas Salhara, and the filmmaker Garin Nugroho

Last but by no means least, we met with women’s empowerment project MAMPU who deal with disabled and disadvantaged women across Indonesia in a very local and real way, including young Indonesian woman, Lusi Efriani and her “Batik Girl” dolls the product of her innovative social enterprise in which Barbie-like dolls dressed in traditional costume are made by female prison inmates. It may be a mere drop in the bucket, and there’s no way philanthropy can or should replace foreign aid budgets, but in this increasingly connected, increasingly polarised world, independent philanthropic dollars, as drops in the ocean, can cause many ripples even with small amounts.

Adam Fifield
Author, ‘A Mighty Purpose: How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children’

Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ1987-0089/Isaac

When the international community observes World Immunization Week in April, we will probably hear a lot about “closing the immunization gap.”

Immunization is one of global health’s greatest success stories, saving up to 3 million young lives every year. The immunization gap is created by a host of factors: a lack of access to health care, prohibitively expensive vaccines, an inadequate supply, wars, a shortage of immunization data, lackluster political support, meager financial resources, illogical fears, and a dearth of knowledge about where to get vaccines. As the world once again ponders this perennially vexing question, it’s worth taking a step back and asking: what would Jim Grant do?

As the legendary head of UNICEF from 1980 to 1995, James Grant spurred a historic surge in childhood immunization rates and paved the way for much of the progress in recent years. Grant’s reply was simple: We stop the war.

He then tasked his Central America representative, a jovial Armenian-Lebanese man named Agop Kayayan, with arranging a truce that would allow El Salvador’s children to be immunized. (In recent years, immunizers have been murdered with alarming frequency; a January attack at an immunization center in Pakistan left 15 people dead.)

In Grant’s mind, the significance of the global immunization crusade went beyond vaccines, according to his friend and collaborator, Dr.

Starting in 2000, after the Gates Foundation funded the creation of the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the sluggish immunization rates started to go up again.

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The Easterner : Support Girls on the Run with the purchase of grilled cheese
Support Girls on the Run with the purchase of grilled cheese

Grilled Cheese with the GPhiB’s is back for the fourth year in support of Gamma Phi Beta’s mission Girls on the Run (GOTR).

This year the money raised will go directly to GOTR, a non-profit youth development program for girls between third and eighth grade.

“Each week they learn a lesson about subjects like fighting bullies, positive body image [and more],” said Ullmann. “Young girls struggle with so much we are exposed to the media, to other girls, to boys, to older girls it is just set in our minds at such a young age that it’s so hard to be perfect, yet that’s what you ‘have to be.'”

This year’s goal is to raise $2,000 toward materials used in GOTR lessons, spreading new GOTR programs throughout the country and putting together the 5K races the girls participate in at the end of the program.

“Last year we raised around $1,400, and the year previously we raised about $800, so I hope our donations continue to grow,” Ullmann said.

“We are all working hard together to make this an amazing event,” Winters said.

Delivery is also available on campus by calling 509-359-0837.

Those who are unable to make it to the event but still want to donate can do so at bit.do/grilledcheese10. Select Month March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012

UPTON – Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School has received a $407,517 grant to be used for new equipment for several of its educational programs.BVT is one of 35 Massachusetts high schools, community colleges, and vocational training providers receiving a portion of a $9.3 million Workforce Skills Capital Grant aimed to improve opportunities for vocational programs and their students.In a press release by the Baker/Polito administration, Gov. Charlie Baker said, “Workforce skills education and training plays an enormous role in economic and personal development by helping residents acquire the skills they need to connect with promising careers.”He added, “These vocational-technical education equipment grants will help build stronger communities and a more competitive business environment that ensures more residents have the skills they need to succeed in and support the Commonwealth’s economic future.”At the last Upton Board of Selectmen meeting, Selectman Jim Brochu, who is also the facilities director of BVT, commended the governor for creating this initiative.”It’s nice that the governor is doing this. It relieves the tax burden on the citizens for the school district to upgrade its equipment,” said Brochu.He added, “It’s good for the kids, it’s good for the operation of the school.”Superintendent Michael Fitzpatrick said that the grant will offer the opportunity for the school to invest in state-of-the-art equipment without burdening the taxpayers of the 11 communities the school serves.”The Commonwealth’s investment in Valley Tech allowed for the removal of capital equipment purchases from our proposed FY17 budget,” said Fitzpatrick.Fitzpatrick said that the grant was announced as school officials were struggling with a budget that must address a significant cost increase in health insurance and pension obligations. Because of the grant, he said, school officials will be able to reach “a modest 3 percent budgetary increase for the coming fiscal year.”BVT officials plan to use the grant to purchase several pieces of new equipment for the Manufacturing Technology, Automotive Technology, Construction Technology and Business Technology programs.Three computerized numerical control (CNC) lathes, a CNC milling machine, eight retrofit CNC packages to bring all of the program’s milling machines up to industry standards, nine high-end computers, and eight multi-process welding machines will be purchased for the Manufacturing Technology program.The Automotive Technology program will get a dynamometer that will teach students how to calculate power produced by engines.The Construction Technology program will receive a professional-grade sander and the Business Technology program will receive new software to train students in medical coding and billing.According to the Baker press release, the grant program is a “new initiative of the Governor’s Workforce Skills Cabinet, which seeks to align education, workforce and economic development strategies across the state.”Page 2 of 2 – Corin Cook can be reached at ccook@wickedlocal.com or 508-634-7521.

Scottsdale’s own Washington Federal, a full-service national banking institution with more than 30 branches across Arizona, has announced it recently awarded more than $30,000 to several dozen nonprofit organizations statewide through its Washington Federal Foundation corporate giving program.

The mission of the Washington Federal Foundation is to facilitate direct giving to community-based nonprofits serving the needs of low and moderate-income individuals, according to a press release.

“Washington Federal believes that the relationships we have with our local communities are as important as those we share with our clients, stockholders and employees. Brown, the Washington Federal Foundation is focused on making contributions that benefit nonprofits focused on housing and community development; senior citizens and low-income families; and financial literacy. Just some of the Arizona organizations that benefited from the grant program in recent months include:

Arizona YMCA Metropolitan Phoenix
Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee
Central Arizona Shelter Services
Chicanos Por La Causa
Community Food Pantry
Douglas Area Food Bank
Habitat for Humanity Tucson
Nogales Community Food Bank
Pima County Community Land Trust
Take Charge America
Verhelst Recovery House
Yuma Community Food Bank

In addition to these contributions, Washington Federal also reported its team raised a record $515,900 including $45,883 locally through its annual United Way giving campaign, which was co-chaired on a national level by Arizona vice president and division manager Paris Davis.

“As employees, we have the opportunity to serve the most vulnerable people in the communities where we live, work and raise our families.

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With that, he went through the Clark Mine, the Phoenix Mine, the Menard Mine roughly a dozen different mines throughout the three county area and these tiles are very unique and beautiful specimens that represent the history of our area.”

These tiles come from the Clark Mine in Copper Harbor.

It’s the second year that the Keweenaw Community Foundation has used tiles as part of their annual fundraiser.
Last year couldn’t have gone any better.

Vivian said, “I didn’t have enough tiles. ABC NEWS TOP STORIES TRENDING VIDEOS SLIDESHOWS