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International donors | International donors commit to contributing approximately US$5 billion for Haiti’s post-quake reconstruction. |
Australia | Australia supports 20 infrastructure projects in Indonesia with funding of approximately US$300 million in grants and loans; and donates US$11.2 million to Africa for UN peace-building, to assist Zimbabwe with development and to aid Southern Africa in addressing climate change. |
The European Commission | The European Commission pledges over €7 million to Central Asian nations to help mitigate climate change while coping with its effects. |
US Agency for International Development | The US Agency for International Development (USAID) completes the final delivery of US$5 million in food supplies to assist with long-term nutrition for the Nepalese people. |
The Japanese International Cooperative Agency | The Japanese International Cooperative Agency donates US$4.1 million to enhance medical care in Âu Lạc (Vietnam). |
Rachida Dati | European Parliament member Rachida Dati presents US$100,000 as a donation to an Iraqi hospital from a charity she runs to help the underprivileged. |
Angelina Jolie | Oscar-award winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie donates US$75,000 to build an 800-student girls’ school in Tangi, Afghanistan. |
China | China sends 300 tons of flour and rice assist people enduring unrelenting snow conditions in Mongolia. |
The Union of Arab Doctors | The Union of Arab Doctors pledge 2,500 prefabricated homes to replace ones destroyed in Gaza, Palestine. |
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti’s technicians, India | Technicians from India’s Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti provide free new prosthetic limbs to 1,000 victims of civil war in Sri Lanka. |
Helen Zilke, USA | The late Mrs. Helen Zilke bequeathed US$1.1 million to the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society in Washington, USA to build a pet shelter respectful of animals’ right to life. |
British members of Parliament | British members of Parliament call for stronger actions to eliminate cocaine due to the combined environmental and health harms of its production and use. |
Ben Affleck, Howard G. Buffet, Humanity United Bridgeway Foundation, and Jewish World Watch | Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and director Ben Affleck partners with American philanthropist Howard G. Buffet and organizations like Humanity United, Bridgeway Foundation and Jewish World Watch to launch the Eastern Congo Initiative, which supports sustainable and peaceful communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Maneka Gandhi, India | Maneka Gandhi, Indian Member of Parliament and animal rights advocate, calls for the existing Karnataka state ban on cow slaughter to extend to other animals as well. |
Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almar-hum Sultan Iskandar, Malaysia | His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almar-hum Sultan Iskandar of Johor, Malaysia forbids the hunting of wildlife and establishes animal rehabilitation programs. |
Thừa Thiên Huế, Âu Lạc (Vietnam) | Âu Lạc’s (Vietnam) central province of Thừa Thiên Huế approves a project to help save endangered mammals, including the rare saola. |
Japan | Japanese specialists travel to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to assist citizens in growing organic produce. |
Morrissey | British musician and vegan Morrissey lends his famed song “Every Day Is Like Sunday” to animal welfare organization Four Paws’ campaign to halt commercial rabbit farming. |
Patricia De León, Panama | Ms. Patricia De León, actress and Miss Panama 1995, joins People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to raise awareness of the Earth-friendly vegetarian diet. |
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Shelter Volunteers & Animal Rights Foundation, Turkey | The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the Shelter Volunteers & Animal Rights Foundation create a free-of-charge ambulance for animals. |
Apple iPhone and iPod | Apple iPhone and iPod touch can now display SupremeMasterTV, available as an application to download and watch, anytime and anywhere. |
Becci Lomax | Ms. Becci Lomax rescued baby duck Ming Ming, whose progressive recovery from a dislocated leg inspired her son Finlay, born with cerebral palsy, to take his own first steps. |
Paris Club creditor nations and Brazil | Paris Club creditor nations and Brazil forgive Democratic Republic of Congo of debts valued at US$2.4 billion. |
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Hosting peace negotiations in Qatar, His Highness Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani announces a donation of US$1 billion to help reconstruct Darfur, Sudan. |
Britain | The British government announces plans to contribute US$90 million toward reconstruction for 3.2 million victims of civil war in Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Switzerland | Switzerland donates US$39 million to the UN World Food Program for produce to be purchased from the farmers in recipient countries to boost both livelihoods and sustenance. |
Britain's International Development Department | Britain's International Development Department pledges an additional US$30 million to assist Ethiopians through a drought-induced food crisis. |
The United Nations Development Program | The United Nations Development Program pledges donations of US$25 million to encourage good governance practices in developing nations. |
The US Agency for International Development | The US Agency for International Development (USAID) donates: US$3.5 million to Liberia to provide meals and food packages for rural schools; US$14.7 million to Gaza to improve people’s lives.
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Germany | Germany donates €9.5 million to Nepal for rural solar home systems and to support the nation’s ongoing peace; and aids Somalia with a €1 million donation to the International Committee of the Red Cross for emergency care of civil war refugees. |
International donors | International donors reach out with a helping hand to Chile after a devastating quake: the European Union, Germany, Finland, Russia, United States, Indonesia, Âu Lạc (Vietnam), China, India, New Zealand, Peru, Cuba, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, British and American Red Cross organizations, the Mobile Giving Foundation, Oxfam and internet company Google. |
The UN Central Emergency Response Fund | The UN Central Emergency Response Fund allocates US$2.5 million in humanitarian aid to assist more than 15,000 flood-affected families in Bolivia. |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire Jamal Balkheyour donates US$1.3 million on behalf of his country to be distributed to Ivoirian Islamic centers and societies. |
Japan | Japan donates more than US$1.1 million to Ethiopia for expanding clean drinking water availability in the Tigray Region. |
Australia | Australia donates US$1 million for food, medicine and heating supplies to Mongolian individuals affected by extreme weather conditions. |
The United Nations | The UN sends 600 tons of food provisions for 100,000 people fleeing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany | The Germany-based Evangelical Lutheran Church distributes more than 210 metric tons of food and maize seeds to alleviate drought-related food shortages in northern Tanzania. |
Kenya | Following landslides that left thousands homeless, Kenya is among the first to offer assistance to Uganda, sending 123 tons of food aid. |
The Australian Defense Force | The Australian Defense Force flies eight tons of aid to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji for residents affected by Cyclone Tomas. |
Sarhan Salim Sheikh of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates | Mr. Sarhan Salim Sheikh of Umm al-Quwain in United Arab Emirates saves a life by helping an ailing stranger get to the hospital and paying for his emergency visit. |
Amanda Hamilton | In an article published in the United Arab Emirates’ English-language newspaper “The National,” journalist Amanda Hamilton explains the importance of reducing meat to save the planet. |
Jerusalem Post, Israel | The widely read Jerusalem Post in Israel reports on film documentary, “A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World,” which advocates the vegetarian diet as both a spiritual and climate-related solution. |
Gishwati Area Conservation Program, Rwanda | Rwanda’s Gishwati Area Conservation Program plans to protect 14 critically endangered chimpanzees by creating a 39-mile pathway through two forests while expanding another forest area. |
Members of the Sarasota Dolphin Research team, the Chicago Zoological Society and Mote Marine Laboratory | Members of the Sarasota Dolphin Research team, the Chicago Zoological Society and Mote Marine Laboratory join efforts to rescue dolphin calf Nelly from plastic line entanglement and successfully free her off the coast of Florida, USA. |