| We thank the followingand those unknown persons, groups,agencies,  organizations and governments for their loving and selfless actions  that bring meaningful comfort and assistance to others.May your lives  be graced by the Divine with evermore joy and fulfilling reward.
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| Global community Global community pledged US$3 billion to assist Palestinian    Authority and Gaza  reconstruction: European    Union, the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,    Australia, Japan, Italy, Turkey, and Russia.
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| Ireland Ireland    pledges a donation of US$35 million for Zambia’s development programs.
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| Finland Finland funds a €14 million forest project to help developing    countries curb climate change.
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| Canada Canada announced a US$2 million aid for Afghan women’s education,    jobs, and health.
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| Governor Bill Richardson USA Governor Bill Richardson signs the bill for New Mexico to become    the 15th state to abolish the death penalty.
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| Edward McMillan-Scott Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice President of the European Parliament,    advocates eating less meat to save the planet.
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| Defensor Moura, Portugal Mr. Defensor Moura, President of the Municipality of Viana    do Castelo, has made his city the first Portuguese city to ban bullfighting.
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| Doctors Without Borders Doctors Without Borders provides medical    care for civil war refugees in Central African Republic.
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| Dr. Bob Donovan, USA Dr. Bob Donovan of Cincinnati,     Ohio, provides free medical    assistance to the homeless.
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| Marie Da Silva, Malawi Marie Da Silva founded the Jacaranda    School that provides a free education for children in Newlands.
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| Pam Ahern, Australia Pam Ahern, founder of a non-kill sanctuary, rescues for over 150    animals and raises public awareness about caring for our animals friends.
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| Help for Wildlife, Australia Help for Wildlife was the first animal sanctuary to brave into    bushfire-ravaged areas to rescue Victoria’s wildlife.
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| Joe Casteneda, USA Park manager Joe Castaneda of Cordova, California, rescued a blind    and disabled woman from a burning home.
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| Nicholas Grodd, USA Nicholas Grod of Portland, Oregon, returns US$200,000 worth of US    postal bonds found in his basement to the surviving grandson of the original    owner.
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| Dr. Gatze Lettinga Dr. Gatze Lettinga was honored with Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew Water    Prize 2009 for his environmentally sound and affordable water treatment    invention.
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| IDEO US-based design consultancy IDEO invented a water bike that    purifies water.
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| Rich Taylor, UK Rich Taylor, a member of the Royal Air Force, risked his life to    rescue 23 people aboard a ferry in danger of capsizing.
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| Robert Lemire and Alex    Day, USA Robert Lemire’s and Alex Day’s quick reaction saved the life of a    baby girl falling from a third-story window.
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| Benson the Golden    Retriever, USA Benson’s barking saved the neighboring Ippolito family from their    burning home in New York.
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| Ace the German Shepherd    mix, USA Ace’s persistent barking saved 8 families from a burning building    in Brooklyn, New York.
 
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| Cookie the Pomeranian puppy Cookie wakes his caretaker from the smoldering home and led her    outside to safety.
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