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USA | The US government allocates US$23 billion in tax credits to go toward companies involved in sustainable technologies; and donates US$100,000 to benefit Philippine people affected by an eruption of the Mayon Volcano. |
Japan | Japan donates US$7.4 million to Morocco for the construction of a solar plant in the city of Assa-Zag. |
The European Commission | The European Commission donates €6 million to Sri Lanka to assist residents displaced by civil war and refugees in India. |
USA and France | The United States and France pledge US$5.13 million in emergency food aid to civil war victims in the Republic of Congo. |
The US Agency for International Development | The US Agency for International Development’s Office of Food for Peace donates US$5 million to help feed 150,000 war victims in Saada, Yemen. |
Canada | The Canadian government allocates approximately US$2.4 million for a smoking cessation program. |
Australia | Australia donates over US$1.2 million to fund water supply development in Zimbabwe; sends US$46,000 to help the quake-stricken Solomon Islands; and funds the construction of centers to serve pre-school and other needs of indigenous children in New South Wales. |
Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland allocates £415,000 to help improve services offered by community centers in less fortunate neighborhoods. |
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt | Hollywood celebrities and humanitarians Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donate US$100,000 to the US-based SOS Children’s Villages. |
Germany | Germany donates US$88,000 to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) for households affected by Typhoon Mirinae. |
New Zealand | New Zealand donates US$36,500 to the Solomon Islands for earthquake and tsunami relief. |
The UN World Food Program | The UN World Food Program sends 50 metric tons of food for war victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
The Sana’a’ Chamber of Commerce, Yemen | The Sana’a Chamber of Commerce in Yemen sends 1,200 tons of privately donated relief items to war-stricken fellow citizens. |
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees distributes 35,000 tents and 54,000 aid kits to war-displaced Pakistani citizens. |
Iran | Iran is sending medical and humanitarian aid to Somalia for people affected by severe drought; and lifts visa requirements for Azerbaijani citizens. |
Macedonia | Macedonia sends boats and tents to help Albanians affected by floods. |
Christian charity World Vision, Formosa (Taiwan) | The Formosan (Taiwanese) chapter of the Christian charity World Vision donates homes to typhoon victims, with a pledge to construct more. |
The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, the AFYA Foundation, and Partners in Health | The US-based Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, the AFYA Foundation and Partners in Health cooperate to send 120 hospital beds to Haiti. |
The Saudi Red Crescent Authority | The Saudi Red Crescent Authority donates 10 ambulances to Sudan to support health services in North Darfur. |
Lithuanian citizens | More than 5,000 hand-knit winter hats donated by Lithuanian citizens are distributed to children in schools and remote villages in Afghanistan. |
Perkins School for the Blind and International Relief and Development | US-based Perkins School for the Blind and International Relief and Development partner to donate Braille learning materials to visually impaired children in Iraq. |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka provides former Tamil child soldiers with education, vocational and technical training. |
The United Kingdom | The UK donates funds to record the Carteret Islands’ cultural heritage and preserve it from loss as the islands sink beneath rising seas. |
Ecuador and the UN High Commissioner | With support from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ecuador begins the process of legalizing some 55,000 Colombian asylum seekers. |
Venezuela | Venezuela significantly reduces poverty in 2009 through measures such as school lunches and food subsidies for the less fortunate. |
Belgium | Belgium bans alcohol sales to teenagers under the age of 16. |
The Philippines | The Philippines places a ban on gun licenses to foster peace leading up to the May 2010 elections. |
Victoria state, Australia | Victoria state government prohibits smoking in cars carrying persons under the age of 18. |
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pardons 21 inmates during Christmas 2009. |
Aldo Magazzeni, USA | Aldo Magazzeni of New Jersey sponsors and organizes the construction of community water systems in remote villages of Afghanistan. |
Former US President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter | Former US President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter lead volunteers in constructing 166 homes in five Asian countries. |
The Venerable Zhenrong | The Venerable Zhenrong, a Formosan (Taiwanese) Buddhist nun, has provided for the needs of over 70 children in the past 11 years. |
Northern Ireland former paramilitary Ulster Defence Association | The Northern Ireland former paramilitary Ulster Defence Association affirms the group’s full disarmament and apologizes for its past misdeeds. |
The United Kingdom | The UK announces plans for low-carbon agriculture, which includes reduced meat and dairy consumption and more locally-sourced seasonal produce. |
China and member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) | China and member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) form a comprehensive free trade region. |
Lebanese Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal | Lebanese Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal announces 10 projects to prevent pollution and mitigate climate change. |
A Palestinian emergency crew and an Israeli rescue team | A Palestinian emergency crew assists an Israeli rescue team in extinguishing the flames and saving the people of an Israeli bus that caught fire. |
Britain’s Prince William | Britain’s Prince William visits a hospice for terminally ill patients and children in a special needs school. |
Compass Group | Food service company Compass Group launches a veg awareness campaign while offering reduced meat and vegan options across its 8,500 corporate and academic cafeterias. |
Yunlin County’s primary school, Formosa (Taiwan) | Primary schools throughout Yunlin County, Formosa (Taiwan) provide lunches with less meat and additional vegetables to lower carbon emissions. |
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, USA | Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Sheila Dixon invites government employees to volunteer for Meatless Mondays. |
Richard Gere | Award-winning Hollywood actor and Buddhist Richard Gere urges citizens of Bodh Gaya, India, to adopt vegetarianism. |
Neetu Chandra | Indian actress Neetu Chandra helps launch a veg campaign at the popular vegan Influence Restaurant and Spa in Chennai. |
Vegan Outreach | Through the Adopt a College program, non-profit Vegan Outreach distributes awareness-raising literature to US high school and college students nationwide. |
Dr. Monica L. Gerrek, USA | Speaking at a bioethics event in Ohio, Dr. Monica L. Gerrek explains why eating meat is morally incorrect. |
Scottish musician Fran Healy and family | To convey his appreciation for a kindness from meat-free advocate Sir Paul McCartney, Scottish musician Fran Healy and his family become vegetarians |
“Mighty” Joe Rollino | The late Coney Island strong man “Mighty” Joe Rollino lived to age 104 as a vegetarian who abstained from tobacco and alcohol. |
The United Nations | The United Nations is successful in achieving a goal of planting 7 billion trees in 2009. |
Ampang Jaya Municipal Council, Malaysia | Malaysia’s Ampang Jaya Municipal Council revives the tradition of planting a tree for every new birth. |
Ethiopia | Ethiopia awards 11,000 acres of land to national eco-hero Gashaw Tahir and his Greenland Development Foundation to be planted with fruit trees. |
German scientists | German scientists develop a diesel engine with exhaust pollutants reduced to nearly the levels required by the 2014 Euro 6 standard. |
Retailer Carrefour Malaysia | Retailer Carrefour Malaysia encourages customers to bring reusable bags to reduce plastic. |
Tusk Trust charity | UK-based Tusk Trust charity is devoted to safeguarding African wildlife and sustainably developing communities. |
An international team of scientists | An international team of scientists finds that Siberian huskies maintain high energy levels on a vegetarian diet. |
Austrian politicians and animal rights advocates | Austrian politicians and animal rights advocates successfully halt the burial of live pigs beneath the snow for avalanche testing. |
Chinese legal experts | Chinese legal experts submit an animal welfare bill calling for a ban that would illegalize dog and cat meat. |
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