News about grants, gifts
APOPO received 800,000 pounds from the People’s Postcode Lottery Charity Gala which was held in Edinbrugh, Scotland.
Taawon is managing a $50 million grant from the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development for Jerusalem and its inhabitants. The grant will focus on building civil society, houses for those in need, education, health care, and other social services.
African Parks received a donation of 900,000 Euros from the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
Akshaya Patra inagurated its first roti-making machine, donated by Vijaya Bank, in South India at Ballari centralized kitchen.
News about people, groups
Bud and Jill Guertain were recognized as Green Leaders by Forests Ontario for their ongoing work regarding tree planting.
Shopper Approved added a second story to the building of Case de Sion, an orphanage in Guatemala.
Ghana Wildlife Society won the 2016 Action of the Year Award contest for its submission, “A Walk with Swallows”.
Merima Celahmetovic received the Isobel Taylor Award for academic excellence in Australia, awarded by the President of the AFGW Gold Coast Branch, Rosemary Power.
The Transform the Sector conference was held on February 23rd in Toronto. The conference sought to bring Canadian experts and thought leaders to discuss the role of the social sector on leveraging digital data and infrastructure.
Amin Nehme, President of the Lebanese Development Network, joined the Global Thinkers Mentors Programme 2017.
Since initiating the involvement of National and Transnational Serious Crimes Investigation Unit in Tanzania in 2014, the PAMS Foundation has drastically improved wildlife and ecosystems where action was implemented.
Miracle Flights and World Pediatric Project collaborated to provide treatment to 712 children in the Caribbean and Central America.
Qmarkets partnered with Renewable World to assist in providing renewable energy to communities based off of Lake Victoria, Kenya.
Norwegian and UNICEF are partnering for the third “Fill a Plane” campaign which will raise funds up to March 6th to buy supplies and aid needed for children in Mali. If you are interested in having your organization’s news announced in the next News Bits, please send announcements or press releases to news@philanthropyjournal.com.
