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I am delighted to announce that Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and member emeritus of Grameen Foundation’s board of directors, has been awarded a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dr. Yunus will receive his medal from President Barack Obama at a special White House ceremony on August 12. Read [...]
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2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 31st, 2009
Posted in Environment, MDGs 
Tags: Grameen Bank, Human Rights, Muhammad Yunus, White House 
1 Comment »International Day of Peace
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 24th, 2009
The International Day of Peace (”Peace Day”) provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date. It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982.
In 2002 the [...]
Posted in Children, Education, Environment, Human Rights Tags: Human Rights, Peace Day, UN No Comments »Global Fund: Need likely to outpace funding
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 21st, 2009
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria likely will fall short in its efforts to find $30 billion in funding next year from donors besieged by the ongoing global recession, the Fund’s Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine says.
Since its launch by the G8 club of major industrial nations in 2002, the fund has distributed [...]
Posted in Health, Human Rights Tags: Africa, AIDS, Global Fund, Health, Malaria, Tuberculosis 1 Comment »World’s cities move to restore waterways, environment
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 18th, 2009
Cities around the world increasingly are moving to restore rivers and streams and create green corridors around them by dismantling pavement previously put in place to promote economic development and cope with traffic. Restoration of the Cheonggyecheon in Seoul, South Korea, four years ago has led to massive increases in the presence of fish, bird [...]
G-8 makes massive food, farm aid pledge
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 13th, 2009
G-8 leaders pledged $20 billion in aid to poor countries during the next three years to shore up food stocks amid the ongoing global recession and build agricultural capacity. Developing countries applauded the move, which expanded the expected commitment by $5 billion, but expressed worry about past failures to keep aid promises.
”While our markets are [...]
Posted in Environment, Grassroots, Human Rights, MDGs Tags: Africa, Environment, G8 Summit 2009 No Comments »Mark Fiore, winner of Journalism Awards
Posted by ChangeMaker on juli 6th, 2009
Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal recently called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons from an undisclosed location somewhere in San Francisco. His work appears regularly in a wide variety of online news web sites and is seen by millions, probably even scrillions.
Mark Fiore was awarded a Robert F. Kennedy [...]
