– European Union
European Union makes €1 billion donation as part of a goal to eliminate rural poverty.

 

– China
China pledges US$47 million for flood relief as well as other joint projects in Costa Rica.

 

– European Union
European Union donates US$457 million for renewable energy projects in 13 Pacific nations.

 

– United States
US approves $285 million in foreign aid for Mongolia to create economic opportunities in transportation, education and health industries.

 

– Japan and Asian Development Bank
Japan and the Asian Development Bank donate US$1.5 million to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to train students from ethnic minorities to become teachers.

 

– United States
The US donates US$38 million to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) program to support prevention of bird flu in Nigeria.

 

– European Union
The European Union donates €3 million to aid disaster victims in Peru and Paraguay.

 

– Scarlett Johansson
American film star, Scarlett Johansson, gives to a school for Dalit children in Sri Lanka.

– Bank Audi
UN Relief and Works Agency receives US$25,000 donation from Bank Audi to fund rehabilitation of shelters for Palestinian refugees in Syria.

 

– The MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation, a Chicago headquartered charity, is donating US$11 million to improve childbirth practices in India and Nigeria.

 

– Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank donates US$825,000 to Nepal to update land administration services and boost openness in government practices.

 

– Mr. Ma ManKei
Macao businessman Ma ManKei presents a check for US$1.33 million to the General Hospital in Beijing, China.

 

– Norway
The Norwegian government provides US$4.4 million for two environmental projects in to Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

– United Kingdom
Britain announces donation of £6 million to support development of water supply points, health clinics and schools to help restore stability in Darfur.

 

– Iran
Iran provides additional funding of US$100,000 to the Islamic Foundation for Science, Technology and Development, which supports peaceful technological advancement.
 
6 Hearts – India
India donates US$900 million to Nigeria in support of various programs outlined in the Abuja Declaration.

 

– ECHO
The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) donates US$13.5 million to feed at-risk families in Ethiopia.

 

– Irish Aid
Irish Aid contributes €450,000 to UNICEF to assist drought-affected communities in Lesotho, South Africa.

 

– New Zealand
New Zealand contributes US$5 million to assist Tonga with economic recovery and reconstruction.

 

– Canada
The Canadian government donates $25 million in food aid for some 400,000 people in Afghanistan

 

– Japan
Japan has donated US$18 million in aid and services to Morocco for rural water supply programs.

 

- Luxembourg
Luxembourg donates €7 million to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) for development projects to boost the nation's economy and protect the environment.

 

– Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges €4 million to a development fund on a state visit to Liberia.

 

– Mauritius
Mauritius is recognized as the best governed country in Africa.

 

– Ireland
Ireland approves €1 million to fund emergency flood relief for 7,000 families in Uganda and 18,000 families in Ghana.

 

– China
Chinese government sends special train with 250 tons of aid materials to Darfur, including water tankers, generators and medical equipment.

 

– The Netherlands
The Netherlands donates US$2.5 million to support the One UN Initiative, which will synthesize the programs of all UN agencies in Âu Lạc.

– Yang Wei-Ling
Ms. Yang Wei-Ling, fondly nicknamed “Daughter of Cambodia,” has selflessly been providing love and care for refugees and is the founder of the Field Relief Agency of Taiwan.

– Mr. Cao Qing
Mr. Cao Qing, a public service retiree, established the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation and is known as the compassionate guardian of patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).

– Kimmie Weeks
Young Liberian-American Kimmie Weeks has been giving to children since his own childhood and continues as a young adult through his work and other charitable endeavors.

 

– the Amish
The deeply spiritual Amish people, who share even with those who have caused them loss, exemplify the principle of forgiveness.

 

– Australia
Australia sent relief items and medical services to flood-affected communities in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, with a total contribution of AUS$8.3 million.

 

– United States
The United States donates half a billion dollars to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and is now the Fund’s most generous donor with total contributions of US$2.5 billion since 2001.

– Dr. Bernard Kouchner
Dr. Bernard Kouchner, currently France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a medical doctor and the founder of Doctors without Borders.

 

– Shakira
Pop singer Shakira’s charitable foundation, Latin America in Solidarity Action, donates US$40 million to natural disaster victims in Peru and Nicaragua.

 

– United States
The US donates US$750 million to tribal areas in Pakistan to fund programs in public health, water supply and sanitation, education, and business development.

 

– Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard donates US$5 million to 106 non-profit organizations to help assist business development in low-income countries. 

 

– Germany
Germany will donate US$11.5 million and lend up to US$114.5 million to support Chilean renewable energy research and energy efficiency projects.

 

– United States
United States contributes US$110.7 million to the World Food Program.

 

– Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa made a US$19,000 personal contribution to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission.

 

– The Netherlands
Netherlands donates US $4.2 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

 

– Belgium
Âu Lạc (Vietnam) receives €5 million donation from Belgium to improve living standards in rural areas.

 

– Oman
Oman has donated a $1 million grant to the people in Sudan's Darfur region to fund a number of humanitarian projects in the province.

 

– Germany
Germany provides €34 million in grants to assist with health, rural development and general governance in Cambodia.

 

– United States
The United States will donate US$410 million in aid to Palestine in further support of the government of Mahmoud Abbas. 

 

– Japan
Japan grants US$2.3 million to Nigeria to help the country meet UN Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation.

 

– Pennsylvania, USA
The state of Pennsylvania in the US donated US$21 million to support 54 companies developing clean technologies and alternative fuels. 

 

– Poland
Poland to waive 100% of Cambodian debt in exchange for the funds being used to restore Cambodia’s ancient Angkor Wat temples.

 

– Howard G. Buffet Foundation
The Howard G. Buffet Foundation donates US$150 million to fund water projects in West Africa over the next 10 years.

 

– Cyprus
Cyprus to allocate €14.5 million for Greek village reconstruction.

 

– European Union
As part of a €20 million grant to Uganda, the European Union donates €240,000 to fund a project for the resettlement of internally displaced persons.

 

– Italy
The food security of several Caribbean nations gets a boost from Italy’s US$3.3 million donation, which also offers new trade opportunities.

 

– Actress Sharon Stone
Actress Sharon Stone hosts a benefit auction on the sidelines of the Rome Film Festival, raising US$1.35 million for AIDS research.

 

– Actor Paul Newman
Paul Newman donated US$40,000 to the Breast Care Center at Singleton Hospital in southwest Wales..

– Czech Republic
Czech Republic provides US$26,000 in aid to the Dominican Republic and US$51,000 to Uganda.

– Australia
Australia gives US$4.3 million in humanitarian aid to people of Myanmar.

 

– United Kingdom
British Prime Minister promises £1 million for additional emergency humanitarian aid to Myanmar.

 

International Organization for  Migration
The International Organization for Migration has distributed US$4.4 million in relief aid to assist thousands of earthquake survivors in Peru.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$22 million to Iraq to benefit youth through the rapid creation of programs and financial assistance that promote harmony.

 

United States
The US donates US$144 million to the United Nations World Food Program to benefit the needy in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

 

United States
The United States donates US$6.8 million to the UN World Food Program to furnish relief aid and support the peace process in Nepal.

 

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants US$100 million to innovative researchers for finding ways to eliminate diseases in poor nations. 

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$ 2.5 million for reconstruction of a rural teacher’s training facility in Liberia.

 

Japan and UN
Japan and the UN jointly provide US$2.2 million in aid to assist families and displaced children in Nepal.

 

United States
US donates US$16 million to Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo, and Uganda for projects to eliminate child labor.

 

Italy
Italy commits to double her 2008 donation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, especially for support in health areas.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$50,000 for emergency relief supplies to flood victims in Honduras.

 

United Nations
UN Central Emergency Response Fund donates US$1 million in aid to Guinea to help with flood recovery, disease prevention and sanitation.

 

United States and NGO groups
The US and two conservancy groups donate US$26 million toward Costa Rica’s debt in exchange for the money going toward protection of endangered species.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID contributes US$1.9 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to stop bird flu in Cambodia.

 

European Union
European Union offers €23 million in financial assistance to Papua New Guinea to strengthen government, improve rural water supply and expand trade.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$1.5 million in support of the Episcopal Relief and Development malaria prevention program in Angola.

 

World Health Organization
The World Health Organization grants US$860,000 to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to use for programs focusing on traffic safety.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$48.2 million to Mozambique as part of a total US$157 million for provision of health care services.

 

United Nations
The United Nations Funds for Population Activities has dedicated US$4 million for a project to support Burundi’s youth in becoming self-sufficient.

 

Cuba and Venezuela
Operation Miracle provides free eye surgery to over 14,000 primarily indigenous Guatemalans.

 

World Bank
In world news, World Bank fund establishes a new fund that will pay developing countries to protect their tropical forests.

 

Mary Nacey
In Northern California, USA, a compassionate woman mothers young abandoned squirrels until they are weaned and can be released back to the wild.

 

United Kingdom
With 600,000 children lifted from poverty over the past ten years, Great Britain wants to help another million by 2010.

 

President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates president donates US$10 million to benefit Iraqi refugees in Syria.

 

European Commission
The European Commission donates US$310 million to fund 36 research projects for safer and more environmentally-friendly aircraft.

 

United States
US contributes $100,000 relief through USAID to Aulacese (Vietnamese) typhoon victims.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID will donate US$900,000 to overcome malaria, with the US President calling for a US$1.2 billion total initiative.

 

AusAID
AusAID funds a six-year program with a total of AU$20.5 million to support businesses that improve livelihood, income and access to vital goods and services.
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Japan
Japan has funded over US$300,000 for four projects to build schools and health care facilities in the Mekong Delta of Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

 Italy
Italy donates US$300,000 to Africa’s Peer Review Mechanism to help African nations improve self-evaluation and governance.

 

USAID, International and Private Donors
With generous support from USAID, international organizations and private donors, thousands of Haitian schools welcomed students for the new school year.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$1.5 million to non-governmental organizations to improve women’s safety in Liberia, Pakistan and Rwanda.

 

Berkeley, California USA
Berkeley is the first US city offering to buy solar panels for homes in exchange for a 20 year tax equal to estimated savings on electricity.

 

 World Bank
World Bank earmarks US $2 billion to connect Africa to the World Wide Web.

 

 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launches a US$1.23 billion program to improve access and prosthetics for the physically impaired.

 

European Commission
The European Commission has allocated €1 million in aid to Nicaragua to help the nation after Hurricane Felix.

 

Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Bangladeshi, Nepal and Sri Lanka grant citizenship to former non-citizens: 160,000 Urdu in Bangladesh, 2.6 million in Nepal, and 200,000 in Sri Lanka.

 

Mr. Michael Pritchard
UK businessman Michael Pritchard has invented a bottle that makes unclean water drinkable in seconds.

 

US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID contributes US$300,000 to Nicaragua for post-hurricane recovery projects near Puerto Cabezas.

 

Syria
President Bashar Assad of Syria has authorized a donation of US$160 million that will be distributed to government employees.

 

Canada
Canadian transportation officials “herd” a million young toads into buckets for safe passage across the highway.

 

New York City, USA
New York City reimburses employers who offer training programs specifically tailored for specific jobs and individual needs of employees.

 

Slovakia
Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry announces plans to increase international aid as a percentage of its gross domestic product.

 

United Nations and Australia
Through funds and construction provided by United Nations and Australia, 365 Sri Lankan families were able to move into new homes.

 

United States
The US has contributed over $15 billion to assist in the treatment of HIV and AIDS, primarily in Africa.

 

Egypt
The Egyptian government donates more than 760kg of medicines to flood affected people in the eastern and northern regions of Uganda.

 

Rwanda
Rwanda’s president said that the country will purchase an additional laptop for each one donated through One Laptop per Child’s GIGI program.

 

Miss Duo Zi-rong
Miss Duo Zi-rong is a young woman of Inner Mongolia who has saved and adopted over 200 homeless little animals and successfully rescued more than 1,300 stray cats.

 

Japan
Japan provides US$100,000 in aid for 6,000 Casamance refugees in Gambia.

 

The Philippines
Philippine president pardons her predecessor to help bring national unity.

 

United States Bar Association
US Bar Association of American lawyers calls for a ban on capital punishment.

 

US non-profit American Forests
American Forests, a non-profit conservation group, may provide double the original US$2.8 million settlement to re-forest the fire-scorched areas in California.

 

Spain
Spain to spend an estimated €5 billion to return beaches on the Mediterranean coast and Canary Islands to their natural state.

 

Singapore
Singapore pledges to extend technical assistance to Palestine, including human resource and public administration development programs.

 

Australia
Leader of the federal Australian Labor Party pledges AU$1 billion to fund desalination plants and water recycling projects across the country.

 

Tennessee , United States
US state of Tennessee protects people’s health through smoking ban, sponsored by Senator Don Thomas.

 

City of Belmont, California, USA
The city of Belmont in California, USA is one of the world’s first to ban smoking inside the apartments of multi-unit, multi-story dwellings.

 

 Australia
Australia's Prime Minister John Howard commits AU$75 million in grants to companies involved in the creation of renewable energy.

 

Russia
Russian government to give retirees US$1.5 billion in back pay for previously lost pensions.

 

United States
Seabrook, Texas, USA passes ban, forbidding smoking in all restaurants, including outdoor areas and within 25 feet of the entrance.

 

United States Army
The US Army grants honorable discharge to a soldier who says his Christian faith commands him to love his enemies. 

 

The Philippines
The Philippine government completes the transfer of public lands in a move that helps over 1,000 people become property owners and farmers.

 

CIB
Danish logging company CIB’s satellite technology helps preserves heritage of indigenous people.

 

California, United States
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation banning smoking in cars with children under 18.

 

China
The Kanas Geological Park in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China is soon to be home to the world’s largest national park.

 

United States and South Korean scientists
A team from the University of Texas in USA and the Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-performance filters develop to capture greenhouse gases.

 

Ghana
The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs in Ghana has launched a helpline program to ensure the safety of children.

 

United States
The US government has allocated $131 million in aid to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help with the cost of home heating this winter.

 

Canada
A US$64 million anti-drug plan is announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
 

Australia
Australia is contributing AU$2.3 million in addition the AU$47.6 million already funded for a program that helps create jobs for the country’s indigenous people.

 

Prithwis Mukhopadhyay
Prithwis Mukhopadhyay, a 14-year-old boy from Minnesota, USA, discovers that banana peels could be a bio-gas of the future. 

 

Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
The Aulacese (Vietnamese) government grants amnesty to 8,000 prisoners in honor of National Day.

 

United States
Zimbabwe launches a Z$3 billion traffic safety program for primary school children throughout the nation.

 

United States  Interfaith Action (IFA)
American youths in US city of Boston bridge religious divides by building relationships among religious faiths through organization Interfaith Action.

 

European Union
The European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to protect people’s health through a wide number of measures that ban smoking.

 

Russia
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin reaffirms his opinion that an American missile defense system in central Europe is not necessary.

 

Debbie Cole
Debbie Cole found a plastic bag on the roadside filled with $65,000 in cash, and returned it all.

 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni leads fund-raising march for flood victims.