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Friends of the Earth International and the Challenge of Caring for the Environment

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, June 20, 2014, In : Environment

Friends of the Earth International is a global network of environmental groups spanning 74 countries. Friends of the Earth began in 1969 as a group against nuclear energy, founded by Robert O Andersen, David Brower, Jerry Mander, and Donald Aitken. Anderson had contributed $200,000 of his own money to launch the organization, which began working with other groups in an international scale in 1971 when representatives from the UK, France, Sweden, and the US met. A small secretariat supports th...

Boy Scouts of America: Developing Future Leaders One Child at a Time

Posted by Charity Watcher on Thursday, April 3, 2014, In : Youth

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the biggest youth organizations in the US, made up of more than a million adult volunteers and nearly three million youth members. Since its inception in 1910, the organization has have had over 110 million members join its fold. Aside from being the biggest organization in the country that caters to the youth, the BSA is also the most prominent user of values-based development programs for children, training the youth to build character, develop pers...

Boys & Girls Club of America: Building a Strong Foundation Among the Youth

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, March 28, 2014, In : Youth

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America was founded in 1860 by Elizabeth Hammersley, Alice Goodwin, and Mary Goodwin with the belief that boys have better things to do than roaming the streets. Because of this, the first ever Club was organized, giving birth to a cause that persists today. In the past, the organization was known as Boys Club Federation of America, which became the Boys Clubs of America. It was in 1990 that its name was changed to what it goes by today in recognition of the fact tha...

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: A Charitable Institution Focused on Tropical Medicine

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, In : Health

As a registered charity in Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a higher education institution that is dedicated to the research and teaching in tropical medicine. As the first institution in the world dedicated to these types of researches, they hold a reputation for excellence and advancement in global health.

The institution’s mission is to reduce mortality in disease epidemic countries and mitigate the burden of sickness through effective interventio...

AIDS Research Alliance of America: Seeking a Cure for the Disease

Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, In : Health

HIV/AIDS has undoubtedly shaken the world. This deadly disease has brought fear among many. Thankfully, there are organizations and associations that keep on working to find a cure and solution to this medical problem. Among them is the AIDS Research Alliance of America (ARAA).

ARAA is a national community-based 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research institution that strives to find a cure for HIV/AIDS, as well as discover medical strategies to prevent new infections and better treatments for t...

League of Women Voters: Empowering People’s Right to Vote and Making Democracy Work

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, In : human rights

The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a civic organization that aims to help women take a larger role in public affairs as they have acquired the right to vote. The American organization was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The founding of the organization happened about six months before the Amendment XIX allowed the women to exercise the right to vote.

LWV began as a “mighty political experiment” that was d...

March of Dimes: Ensuring Healthy Babies and Safe Pregnancy

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, October 18, 2013,

Originally created to combat polio, March of Dimes is now a non-profit organization that has been around to help out mothers and babies improve their health. This organization was created in 1938 by no other than the late president Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Headquartered in White Plains, New York, the organization has about 51 chapters across the United States. Preventing birth defects, infant mortality, and premature birth are their means of helping out mothers and their babies improve their he...

Planned Parenthood Federation of America: The Largest Provider of Reproductive Health Services in the US

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, In : Health

Nearly 100 years from its inception, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has improved the health and safety of women. It has been a forerunner in birth control and has always been on the lookout for unintended pregnancies.

The organization is considered as one of the largest charitable institution in the United States as listed by Forbes. It is deemed as the largest organization providing reproductive health services like HIV screening, cancer screening, abortion, contraception, and coun...

Instituting Actionable Change Through Wings of Hope

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, In : Youth

Retired U.S. Air Force pilot and former Senior Vice President of Virgin America David Pflieger presently serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Air Pacific Ltd, a Fiji-based carrier that takes great pride in giving back to local community. Mr. Pflieger joined Air Pacific in 2010 and is widely credited with reinvigorating an enterprise that only recently suffered major profit losses. Today, Air Pacific and its subsidiary Pacific Sun stand poised to experience a new era of s...

Steven Pinkert and the CKC

Posted by Charity Watcher on Thursday, March 8, 2012, In : Health

Steven Pinkert holds a medical degree, a law degree, and an MBA. The Managing Partner of Pinkert & Marsh, P.A., in Coral Gables, Florida, he has represented numerous companies and individuals in purchasing CyberKnife Systems and other large-scale medical equipment. Steven Pinkert serves as a Partner and Associate Director of a freestanding treatment center, CyberKnife Center of Palm Beach. In addition, he acts as Vice President and as a member of the Board of Directors of 501(c)(6) corporatio...
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Nature Conservancy

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 4, 2011, In : Environment

There are many organizations that aim to protect and preserve the environment. However, few have made a big difference. The Nature Conservancy is an organization that has successfully advocated on behalf of the environment. One notable aspect about Nature Conservancy is that – while other organizations engage in inflammatory rhetoric to get support – it seeks to accomplish political engagement by proposing workable solutions.

The organization deploys a science-based approach for solving ...
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