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05-19-08
World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Focus on Needs of Cocoa Farming Families in Latin America
VIENNA, VIRGINIA AND GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR - May 19, 2008 - The World Cocoa Foundation will welcome nearly 300 participants to its Partnership Meeting on May 21-22, 2008, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the first held in Latin America. Focused on the needs of the cocoa farming familie...
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05-19-08
Ameresco President Sakellaris Tells Congress Energy Efficiency Projects Could Produce 3 Million Jobs
FRAMINGHAM, MA (May 19, 2008) - Ameresco President and Chief Executive Officer George Sakellaris Thursday told members of a congressional committee examining Global Warming that investments in energy efficiency projects would not only reduce the effects of Climate Change, bu...
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05-19-08
Access to Health Research Propels Scientific Activity in Developing Countries
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - May 19, 2008 - HINARI Access to Research Initiative announced today that its collaborative efforts to provide free and low cost access to health research in the developing countries have made a significant impact on advancing scientific discoveries in t...
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05-18-08
AmeriCares Delivers Life-Saving Aid to Myanmar
STAMFORD, Conn., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The government of Myanmar today cleared for entry a life-saving shipment of medicines and medical supplies airlifted to Yangon by AmeriCares - a nonprofit international aid organization. The relief package will be distributed in partne...
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05-18-08
HYSTA Supports Sichuan Earthquake Relief
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan on Monday, May 12, has resulted in tragic loss of life, numerous injuries and tremendous destruction. HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) has been actively participating i...
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05-16-08
Heifer International to Aid Earthquake-Devastated Area in China
LITTLE ROCK, AR., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Heifer International
(www.heifer.org) today issued an appeal to donors to contribute to a fund dedicated to rehabilitating Heifer project sites in Sichuan and Chonging pro...
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05-16-08
Do Great Stuff Supports China and Burma Disaster Relief Efforts
BOSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Purchases made through www.DoGreatStuff.com can generate financial contributions for relief agencies assisting the hundreds of thousands of people affected by recent natural disasters in...
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05-16-08
Project HOPE to Send Humanitarian Assistance to China as Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar Continues
MILLWOOD, VA.- May 16 - /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Less than a week after committing medical relief efforts to the people of Myanmar, devastated by Cyclone Nargis, Project HOPE, an international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, is again mobilizing i...
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05-16-08
United Technologies Corp. Offers Aid for Victims of China Earthquake
HARTFORD, CT., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today pledged $100,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) for their relief efforts to victims in earthquake-hit areas in southwest China. The...
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05-16-08
Thoroughbred Charities of America Given UPS Donation of $10,000
ATLANTA,GA - May 16, 2008 - The UPS Foundation (NYSE:UPS) has pledged $10,000 to Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) to support its mission of providing a better life for thoroughbreds, both during and after their racing careers.
"Although U...
