– Couple in Shalu Township, Taichung County
A couple in Formosa (Taiwan) sold their three houses to provide funds for their devoted efforts in looking after adopted street dogs for the past 20 years.

 

– Brazil
Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that his country would completely relieve the Guinea Bissau debt of US$34 million.

 

– Toni Ruttiman & Walter Yanez
Swiss Toni Ruttiman and Ecuadorian welder Walter Yanez travel to Latin America as “partners for the poor” to build bridges that connect people in remote areas.

 

– US Agency for International Development
US Agency for International Development provides $30 million for the Malaria Communities Program to eliminate malaria in Africa.

 

– African Development Bank
The African Development Bank is donating US$1 billion to support training in digital technologies and ICT resources in Africa’s private sector.

– Spain
Spain plans to donate 0.7% of her national income for international development, including US$5.7 billion in aid to Latin America.

 

– Asian Development Bank
The Asia Development Bank donates US$700,000 to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to improve her ability to carry out development assistance programs.

– Mr. Terry Guo
Mr. Terry Guo of Formosa (Taiwan) donates US$6 million to help homeless animals receive medical care.

 

– World Bank – 6 Hearts
Gambia receives a US$3 million donation from the World Bank to assist with the completion of ongoing economic initiatives.

 

– United Kingdom
The United Kingdom donates £2.5 million to Bangladesh for cyclone relief, bringing the country’s total support this year to £116.7 million.

 

– United States
The United States grants US$500,000 to Liberia for new studies on future hydroelectric power plants.

 

Benjamin in Texas, USA
Five year old Benjamin from Texas, USA donated his money to the church, saying, “I gave God $6.00 today because I wanted to give all I have.”

 

- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID provides US$6.8 million in food aid and worker rehabilitation services to Nepal.

- Formosa (Taiwan) – 6 Hearts
In addition to a previous donation of US$25,000, Formosa (Taiwan) contributes US$200,000 to aid flood survivors in the Dominican Republic.

 

- Spain
Eight tons of equipment and medicine donated by several agencies were airlifted from Spain to hurricane victims in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

 

- The Order of Malta & Malteser International
The Order of Malta and Malteser International contribute US$200,000 for flood survivors in Tabasco, Mexico.

 

- United Arab Emirates
UN Relief and Works Agency receives a doubled contribution of US$1 million from the United Arab Emirates to aid Palestinian refugees.

 

- France
Three organizations providing post-flood assistance have received US$1.29 million from the French government to boost their operations.

 

- British Airways
British Airways donates £100,000 to create information technology centers in four rural Kenyan schools to uplift their communities.

 

- European Commission
The European Commission donates €2 million in relief supplies to aid typhoon survivors in Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

- European Union
The European Union donates €724 million to projects promoting further peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

 

- Swiss International Airlines
Tanzania receives a donation of US$180,000 from passengers of Swiss International Airlines to construct an orphanage in Dar Es Salaam.

 

- Singapore
Singapore donates US$690,000 to help Jambi, Indonesia improve air quality by adopting non-burning techniques to clear vegetation.

 

- Spain
Spain pledges an additional US$2.9 billion to Latin America for water, education, health, and other living improvements.

 

- European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO)
ECHO contributes to the UN World Food Program €1 million for food aid to Western Saharan refugees in Algeria.

 

- Ireland
Ireland donates US$128 million to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to reduce poverty and improve people’s livelihoods.

 

- Julian Shaw
Julian Shaw, an Australian 14 year old, used a technique from the TV show MythBusters to rescue a fainted man from the railroad tracks and save his life.

 

- Medical Teams Internationals
Medical Teams Internationals sends personnel and US$680,000 in medicines to help care for Mexico’s displaced flood victims.

 

- AmeriCares & International Medical Corps
AmeriCares and International Medical Corps have combined efforts to airlift nearly US$500,000 worth of emergency relief to Iraqi cholera patients.

 

- The World Food Program
The World Food Program created an online computer game at FreeRice.com, which has generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day.

 

- Niall Mellon Township Trust
Irish millionaire Niall Mellon started a building project, this year bringing 1,400 Irish volunteers to South Africa to build new houses for those in need.

 

- Digicel Foundation
Digicel Foundation has donated US$20 million to the Jamaican Ministry of Education to repair schools damaged by Hurricane Dean.

 

- China
China donates $US$568,000 in laboratory equipment to help address avian flu in Nigeria

 

- Japan
Japan promises 15 billion Kenyan shillings to help develop Kenya’s Mombasa Port.

 

- British Red Cross
The British Red Cross sends an Emergency Response Unit to Bangladesh to coordinate the distribution of urgently needed relief supplies.

 

- Japan
Japan donates US$3.67 million to Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr victims for the purchase of tents, blankets, water tanks, generators and other items.

 

- United Nations
The United Nations increased its donation to Bangladesh by US $6 million.

 

- Mr. Lee Ho-chuan
Mr. Lee Ho-chuan, a businessman from Formosa (Taiwan), donated over US$1.51 million to adopt, sterilize and care for over 3,000 street dogs.

 

- Ms. Huang Qiu-gui
Ms. Huang Qui-gui has adopted over 100 street dogs, feeding, bathing and disinfecting them to bring dignity to their lives.

 

- Canada
Canada is donating CAN$4 million to ensure over 175,000 Nicaraguan school children receive at least one meal per day.

 

- Ms. Inderjit Khurana
The “train platform school,” begun by Ms. Inderjit Khurana in India to offer education to underprivileged children, now has over 100 schools.

 

- European Union
The European Union donates US$13.9 million to Cameroonians to improve food security and development.

- CARE International
CARE International provides emergency food aid to over 7,500 cyclone affected families in Bangladesh and plans to serve 13,000 more.

 

- USAID and UNICEF
USAID donated US$100,000 through UNICEF for medical supplies and improved drinking water in the east African country of Djibouti.

 

- Germany
Germany waives Jordan’s €10 million debt in exchange for the Jordanian government spending €5 million to improve citizen’s lives.

 

- United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is providing US$218 million for a six-year program to build 4,000 classrooms and supply resources for 2000 schools in Nigeria.

 

- Jesus Manual Cordova
Jesus Manuel Cordova risked his freedom upon illegal entry to the US as he stayed to comfort and protect a boy who had lost his mother in an auto accident.

 

- Inter-American Development Bank
As the first of four grants totaling US$100 million, the Inter-American Development Bank approved a US$25 million to improve road networks in Haiti.

 

- Asian Development Bank
Âu Lạc (Vietnam) receives US$700,000 in development aid from Asian Development Bank (ADB).

 

- European Organizations
The International Org. for Migration and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Dept. build 1500 homes following typhoons in the Philippines.

- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID donates US$66,000 to 53 schools in Namibia to improve education, especially for orphans and vulnerable children.

 

- Australian Embassy Direct Aid Program
The Australian Embassy Direct Aid Program donates over AU$1 million to support 12 developmental projects in Nepal.

 

- European Union
Afghan farmers receive high quality seeds to generate their wheat crop via a €10 million project funded by the European Union over five years.

 

- China
Cambodia receives US$17 million donation and US$6.7 million interest-free loan from China to construct a new Council of Ministers building.

 

- United Kingdom
United Kingdom to increase humanitarian aid to the people of Myanmar from £9 million in 2007 to £18 million by 2010.

 

- Norway
The Norwegian Environment and Development announces a donation of €17 million to Brazil to help protect the Amazon forest.

 

- Venezuela
Following recent storms and flooding, Venezuela donates US$14.2 million to Nicaragua for emergency food aid and home repairs.

 

- Belgium
Belgium increases aid by €438,000 to support vulnerable displaced populations in Eastern Congo.

- Austria
Austria donates €9million to Uganda to fund various development projects including water and sanitation.

- Ireland
Ireland donates €820,000 to help developing nations create environments conducive to trade, empowering them for WTO negotiation.

- United States
US donate US$500 million for Uganda’s development in the areas of peace, security, democracy, health, education and economic growth.

 

- European Union
The European Union is expected to donate £115 million to help the United Kingdom recover from this summer’s floods.

- Gwen Stefani
Celebrated singer Gwen Stefani donates concert earnings to the US San Diego Foundation, which is supporting recovery from recent California wildfires.

- Germany
Germany announced a N$600 million development loan package to fund the Walvis Bay port expansion as well as nature parks and water management in Namibia.

 

- Australia
South Australia’s complete ban on smoking in pubs and clubs went into effect on Thursday, November 1, 2007.

- United States
US Agency for International Development (USAID) sends US$2.9 million in food to people in Nicaragua affected by September’s Hurricane Felix.

 

- Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
The Aulacese (Vietnamese) Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has donated US$4.66 million to support various environmental projects in Laos.

 

- Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand – 6 Hearts (each)
Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand donate US$11.7 million to support UN coordinated reforms in Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

- Real Madrid Team
Spanish football team Real Madrid donates US$100,000 to flood victims in Tabasco, Mexico.

 

- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID announces a US$20 million donation to fund basic education in Yemen.

 

- London Club
A 77% debt relief from the London Club to the Congo Republic provides much-needed resources for citizens’ housing, education, water and electricity.

 

- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donates US$50 million to prevent HIV/AIDS through a cooperative program with China.

 

- The Global Environment Facility
Namibia receives US$370,000 from the Global Environment Facility to assist rural communities with environmentally friendly development.

 

- Gap Retailer
US-based retailer Gap is working to eliminate child labor and will donate US$200,000 for improving factory conditions in India.

 

- Hope Renewal Ministries
Through its Bridge of Hope Foundation, Hope Renewal Ministries is giving US$250,000 to provide over 500 deserving Liberian girls with free education.

 

- Kuwait
Kuwait donates US$150 million to a special Saudi Arabian fund devoted to developing technologies to counter climate change.

 

- Switzerland
Switzerland donates US$760,000 for food, water, and medicine to help Bangladeshi cyclone victims.

 

- United States
The US donates $2 million in relief supplies to help those affected by the cyclone in Bangladesh.

 

- Norway
The Norwegian government donates US$3.3 million to help in the recovery efforts following Cyclone Sidr.

 

- Singapore
To support integration and equal development among members, Singapore has donated an additional US$20.7 million in technical support to ASEAN.

 

- German Foreign Ministry
Germany’s Foreign Ministry doubles its original amount and contributes US$1.75 million to assist Cyclone Sidr victims in Bangladesh.

 

- New Zealand
New Zealand provides emergency flood assistance to Papua New Guinea with an initial contribution of US$76,000 made to the Red Cross.

 

- European Union
The European Union contributes US$126 million to Uganda for infrastructure projects including improvement of water and sanitation as well as rebuilding roads.

 

- New Zealand
New Zealand donates over US$500,000 in emergency assistance to flood victims in Bình Định province of central Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

- Israel
Israel donates 2.5 tons of medicine for those affected by the recent floods in Uganda.

 

- Spain
Spain’s International Cooperation Agency (AECI) announces a contribution of US$1 million in supplies to assist people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr.

 

- Morocco
Morocco donates US$500,000 to protect Darfur children from epidemics, and other health care needs.

 

- AT&T
AT&T donates US$20,000 to the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation to assist needy children in Âu Lạc (Việt Nam).

 

- Hannah Taylor
Eleven-year-old Hannah Taylor of Winnipeg, Canada started the Ladybug Foundation at age 6 and has now raised over US$1 million to help the homeless.

 

- Hoàng Trung Lập
Hoàng Trung Lập purchased a Malayan sun bear from outlaw poachers, then nursed it to health and transferred to wildlife rescue authorities.

 

- Japan
Japan donates $86,000 to build shea butter processing facilities that will provide income for women in two Ghanaian communities.

 

- Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia donates US$400,000 in relief supplies for flood victims in Balochistan, Pakistan.

UK and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
The United Kingdom and USAID provide assistance and consolation to hurricane victims in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

 

Britain’s Labour Party
Britain’s Labour party promises government support for organizations providing sanctuary and care for animals.

 

China
China earmarks US$1.9 million in grants for wetlands conservation near Mt. Everest in Tibet.

 

Liberia and France
Liberia and France grant over €100,000 to help make Liberia’s borders safer.

 

European Union
European Union donates US$138 million to projects in the Mediterranean with a goal of promoting relations with the region’s nations.

 

Ireland, US, Germany and other International Donors
Many countries and organizations donate funds, personnel and relief supplies to assist flood and mudslide survivors in Mexico.

 

Red Crescent Authority (RCA)
Flood survivors in Tunisia receive urgent humanitarian relief aid from the Red Crescent Authority.

 

European Union
An additional €5 million in humanitarian aid has been allocated by the European Union to assist hurricane Felix survivors in Nicaragua.

 

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) rapidly sent a relief team to help flood victims in Mexico.

 

Australia, Cuba, Canada, Germany and France
Australia, Cuba, Canada, Germany and France have pledged to help people affected by floods in the southern Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas.

 

Spain
The Spanish government is donating €1 million to aid the restoration of the National Library in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

 

World Food Program (WFP)
UN World Food Program begins a fifth round of emergency food distribution in flood affected regions of Bangladesh.

Hungary’s Provincial Reconstruction Team
The Hungarian Provincial Reconstruction Team completes a 35 km pipeline to supply drinking water to 15,000 people in a mountainous region of Afghanistan.

Russia
Russia pledges US$41 million to the United Nations World Food Program over the next three years.

American Jewish Committee
The American Jewish Committee sends urgent aid to assist recovery efforts in the Dominican Republic and Mexico in the wake of tropical storm Noel.

 

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has sent $30,000 in aid to the flood-soaked state of Tabasco, Mexico.

 

International Red Cross Federation (IRCF) & European Commission
The IRCF and the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid donate US$1.35 million to help thousands of Dominican and Haitian families following storm Noel.

 

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) provides US$89,000 in emergency relief to Mexico.

 

UN World Food Program
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is rushing aid to 70,000 people affected by the massive floods in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco.

 

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
California USA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered to supply the Mexican government with emergency resources to deal with the recent flooding disaster.

 

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
An emergency team sent to Mexico by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has arrived in the country today.

 

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Following tropical storm Noel, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shipped emergency equipment to Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

 

American Citizens
The American people, through USAID, are providing $300,000 in emergency relief assistance for flood victims in Mexico's Tabasco and Chiapas states.

 

Germany
Germany’s Federal Foreign Office is providing €500,000 for the victims of the floods in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. 

 

United States
With humanitarian assistance to Iraq increasing in 2007 to US$200 million, the United States is the largest single contributor since 2003.

 

New Jersey, USA
As a state that has been execution-free for over forty years, the legislature of New Jersey, USA has passed a bill to repeal the death penalty.

Tripura, India
Tripura, India, has designated Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary as a national park to give better protection to the region’s wildlife.

 

South Korea
The South Korean government is to invest US$9 billion in grants and loans to foster embrace of renewable power sources.

 

UN Information Technology Services
The United Nations Information Technology Services Division refurbishes and sends its retired computers to countries in need.

 

Google and Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Google Maps and Gilbarco Veeder-Root have developed maps containing driving instructions, to be provided at about 3,500 gas stations in the USA.

 

Erica Vicenzi
Erica Vicenzi of Italy created Laboratory of Smiles to help underprivileged children grow through involvement in theater.

 

India
India’s micro-finance program has helped over 600,000 women start and expand their own businesses.

 

Microsoft and Digital Accessible Information System Consortium
Microsoft and Zurich-based Digital Accessible Information System Consortium partner to give the blind access to digital information.

 

Fountain Baptist Church
US-based Fountain Baptist Church, founded in 1897 by black workers who gathered to pray together, raises US$1 million to donate for rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.

 

ORBIS Vietnam
ORBIS Vietnam donates US$250,000 to fund a cornea donation project that will help blind persons in Âu Lạc (Vietnam).

 

World Food Program
The United Nations’ World Food Program delivers high energy biscuits to Bangladeshi cyclone victims, with 750 tons of rice on the way.

Mr. Marc Jacobson
When Mr. Marc Jacobson of Illinois, USA won a $30,000 raffle from the Rotary Club, he donated it back to the charity.

 

Dog Scouts of America
The Dog Scouts of America give pet oxygen masks to firefighters in University City, Missouri, USA.

 

United Nations
The United Nations plans to contribute US$24 million in 2008 for development of various programs in the Indian state of Orissa.

 

Arab League
Participants at an Arab League conference donate US$250 million for humanitarian aid to Darfur.

 

Food for the Poor
US-based Food for the Poor has shipped over 30 food containers Haiti and the Dominican Republic following Hurricane Noel.

Intel Corporation
US-based Intel Corporation has donated 3,000 personal computers, a computer-equipped classroom and training for 150,000 teachers at secondary schools in Nigeria.

 

Germany
Germany’s Welthungerhilfe has raised €50,000 for relief aid in the Dominican Republic and Haiti following recent storms.

United Nations
The UN Stabilization Unit joined the Haitian government to evacuate people and provide relief following recent tropical storm Noel. 

US Agency for International Development
Following floods in Slovenia, the US Agency for International Development donated US$50,000 to build a pump station, providing fresh drinking water.

Artist Blake Ward
Canadian artist Blake Ward creates a sculpture exhibition and donates the £1.2 billion raised in funds to the No More Landmines Trust.

 

International Donors
Humanitarian aid from around the world pours into the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Noël.

 

Anonymous Friend
An anonymous donor friend gives US$100 Million to 46 charitable organizations in the small US town of Erie, Pennsylvania.

 

Operation Vision Now
Over 172,000 Bolivians regain eyesight thanks to the free Cuban health service Operation Vision Now.

 

Brother Constant Goetschalckx
Belgian-born Catholic Priest, Brother Constant Goetschalckx, was recently awarded the US$1 million Opus Prize for faith based social entrepreneurship.

 

Children in Need
Charity organization Children in Need in Northern Ireland has raised US$1.2 million for further charity work.

 

Afghanistan and United States
Afghan and US security personnel brought medical assistance and humanitarian aid to more than 2,100 Afghan villagers.

 

US Cities’ Citizens
Hundreds in Los Angeles join six other US cities to raise funds for the homeless.

 

Patrolman Curtis Morse
US Patrolman Curtis Morse was credited for saving the life of a man who was about to jump off a bridge.

 

Malaysia
The Malaysian government considers labeling all packaged vegetarian food products as “suitable for vegetarians.”

 

Animal Rights Foundation of Florida
Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) hosts an early gentle Thanksgiving, sharing delicious vegan dishes to promote compassion towards animals.

 

Canadian Evergreen Group
Canadian Evergreen group provides US$55.7 million to convert a former brickyard into an eco-friendly urban area.

 

World Bank
The World Bank offers loan financing of US$250 million to Bangladesh to help the country’s disaster recovery efforts.

 

For her efforts in assisting Myanmar refugees in Thailand, Dr. Cynthia Maung has been honored with the 2007 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award.

 

Chinese Local Governments
New measures soon to be enacted by Chinese local governments will help 140 million migrants gain access to better housing, medical services, and education for their children.

 

Carl Brown, Jr.
Nine-year old Carl Brown, Jr. saved his friends life when he began choking by performing the Heimlich Maneuver, which he learned from a cartoon.

 

US Aquarium Personnel
A 30-foot juvenile humpback whale that had been stranded in a fishing net was freed by US aquarium officials to swim safely back to sea.

 

Germany and Chile
German and Chilean officials signed agreements including a US$11.5 million donation to support Chilean renewable energy projects.

 

Ms. Zehra Fasahat
Ms. Zehra Fasahat founded a school for disadvantaged Pakistani children who also learn to be kind and considerate to others.

 

New South Wales Aboriginal Council
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has allocated a fund of AU$30 million for scholarships to benefit aboriginal students.

 

Manila, Philippines
A fleet of green buses powered by clean, compressed natural gas, rolls out onto the streets of Manila, Philippines.

Kassel, Germany
Kassel, Germany just became the first German city to obtain 100% of its electrical needs from renewable sources.

Farm Animal Reform Movement
The Farm Animal Reform Movement is coordinating delicious vegetarian alternatives to turkey for a "Gentle Thanksgiving" across the US.

 

Jennifer in California USA
Jennifer, a 9-year-old, donates all her savings for toys to help children visiting Saint Louise Hospital in Gilroy, California, USA.

 

United States
Following Hurricane Noël, American military personnel conduct rescue operations and distribute humanitarian relief in the Dominican Republic.

 

Australia
Australia announces the introduction of a system to help track the country’s exotic birds.

 

Philippine Resort Worker
A hotel worker was offered a permanent job and cash reward for returning P100,000 in cash found under a pillow, which would take him 20 months to earn.

 

Dak Lak province, Âu Lạc (Vietnam)
The People’s Committee of Dak Lak province in Âu Lạc (Vietnam) pledged about US$530,000 for the protection of a tame elephant population.

 

Nigerian Religious Leaders
Imam Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa and Reverend James Movel Wuye organize interfaith workshops promoting harmony between Nigerian Muslims and Christians.

 

American Red Cross
The president of the American Red Cross visits southern Mexico and pledges US$500,000 for flood relief in the region.

Save Your World
Save Your World, which makes natural beauty products, is supporting Conservation International (CI) efforts to safeguard rain forests in the Amazon.

 

Reverend Patricia King
US pastoral minister Patricia King has become a beloved presence in King County Jail, where she has conducted prayer services for the past 20 years.

 

Hungary
Hungary pledges US$500 million to support the “Let Life Be Better for Children” program, with free meals for children and financial assistance for families.

 

Wastesaver New Zealand
Wastesaver New Zealand is using a technology developed over the last 20 years to transform household waste products into electricity

 

Seattle, Washington, USA
The US city of Seattle’s greenhouse gas reduction meets international Kyoto Protocol goals, thanks largely to the city mayor’s active involvement.

Singapore
The Singaporean government has allocated US$34.5 million to fund research and development of clean energy over the next five years.

Kenya
From solar ovens and home lights to water heating systems, Kenyans have increased their adoption of solar products by as much as 200%.

European Union
The European Union announced a grant of €9.1 billion for Africa’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development.

 

United Nations
The United Nations has approved a draft resolution calling for a worldwide halt of the death penalty.

 

United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a decision made by the Council on Human Rights to end the US mandate against Cuba.

 

India
India will invest US$1 billion on an extended pension plan for her low-income elderly population.

 

Mayor of Los Angeles, California, USA
The mayor of Los Angeles, California, USA, Antonio Villaraigosa, continues his program to plant 1 million trees throughout the city.

 

Mexico
Mexico allocates US$4 billion for programs to increase the protection and security of women.