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NGOs: The Parasitic Altruists

Their arrival portends rising local prices and a culture shock. Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels, drive SUV's, sport $3000 laptops and PDA's. They earn a two figure multiple of the local average wage. They are busybodies, preachers, critics,...

The Gay Christian Network: Reconciling Faith + GLBT Sexuality

(888) GAY-4-GOD Hotline(919) 786-0000 National HQGCN, P.O. Box 17504, Raleigh, NC 27619 An Up, Close, & Personal Interview with GCN’s Executive Director Justin Lee The Gay Christian Network is an interdenominational nonprofit organization serving GLBT Christians and...

Microsoft to issue blanket license to NGOs

"  Microsoft will issue a blanket software license to nonprofit groups and journalist groups outside the U.S. after the New York Times reported that Russian police have used software copyright raids to seize computers of activist groups. Microsoft will also hire an...

Group says human rights education barred by corruption of subject

MANCHESTER—Volunteers from international human rights education organisation Youth for Human Rights International claim that talking to people about human rights is becoming more difficult as people associate the...

Nepalese children as young as 6 enslaved as domestic workers

" Viti was six years old when she was first sold to her employer by her parents. Her parents are poor farmers in the village who live their lives at the mercy of their landlords. When Viti's parents crop failed miserably the year before, the employer proposed that he would...

Safe Havens abound in Tenderloin

originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 1 - 15, 2010 People who escape dangerous situations by walking into a Safe Haven in the Tenderloin or South of Market have neighborhood residents to thank for it. Safe Havens include 52 businesses, nonprofits and residential...

New York Homeless Organization Caught in a Fraud Scandal

The United Homeless Organization in New York City has been called a scam because although it takes donations it does not operate any services to the homeless community.  The operation works like this: The orgainizaiton owns hundreds of plastic jugs and tables that they...

United Homeless Organization Caught in Fraud Scandle

The United Homeless Organization of New York City is dealing with fraud accusations from the Attorney General's office.  The claim against them is that for a nonprofit organization they collect a lot of...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Free culinary training for low-income individuals in Venice, CA

" Many aspire to work in the culinary industry but simply cannot afford a gourmet education. For these low-income or unemployed individuals, free cooking classes like the ones offered in the Saint Joseph...

Profit Motive Trumps Need for 2 Catholic Orgs in DC

As if shifting to government the cost of educating children in their parochial schools isn't enough, now the Archdiocese of Washington is trying to maximize their real estate profits at the expense of low-income...

Octuplets' Mom Accepts Angels in Waiting Offer of Help

Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has decided to accept the offer of help Gloria Allred and the nonprofit group Angels in Waiting presented to her a few weeks back. A statement from the Dr. Phil Show released on Monday...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

New Safe House for Women :: Kathmandu, Nepal

  In Kathmandu, Nepal, many married and some unmarried women are abused on a daily basis. A recent Foreign Policy news report, dated May 2008, has published a list of "The Worst Places to be a Woman," where...

Accelerate Progress Remembers the 500,000 Dead Americans

Accelerate Progress Remembers the 500,000 Americans Who Died of Cancer in 2008 and Launches its Plan for Faster Progress in Their Memory Non-profit organization takes on challenge of accelerating progress...

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