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The European Union Donates
Part of Its Nobel Peace Prize Money to UNICEF
UNICEF is one of the 5 humanitarian organizations that receive financial support from the UE for various programs. This year, the European Union is adding to its annual donation of €930,000, 2 million euros deriving from its 2012 Nobel Peace Prize money to fund 4 projects under its Children of Peace Initiative. The program will… Read more »
Half the World’s Food Winds Up in the Trash
Half of the food produced in the world (about 2 billion tons) winds up in the trash, even though a large part of it is still edible. This troubling information emerged in a report by Great Britain’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers. According to the report, one of the causes of this waste is the failure… Read more »
INDIA Symposium on the Year of Faith
World Giving Index Reports a Drop in Donations to Charity in 2012
According to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), the World Giving Index–the largest study of charitable behavior across the globe–registered a 2% drop in financial donations to charity in 2007-2012, a fact in part influenced by the current world economic crisis. The Index is based on an average of three measures of giving behavior: the percentage… Read more »