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Oxfam America is a nonprofit international agency which funds development programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America. Maureen Koopman, an Oxfam official, said that the donated money will go into the organization's general fund...
There is also private help -- though not nearly enough -- for kids at the other end of the socioeconomic ruler. Some poor and minority students are lucky enough to get advice from a nonprofit group like Aspira of America, where their special needs are recognized. Parents of these students "really don't understand how to help their kids pursue their education, let alone help them complete the forms," says Aida Sanchez-Romano, executive director of Aspira's Chicago branch. The organization stands ready to help its former students who call on it during the tough first year of college life...
Researchers believe promiscuity combined with a higher incidence of venereal disease among Africans has accelerated the spread of the AIDS virus. Last November the nonprofit London-based Panos Institute reported that the rate of gonorrhea per 100,000 people was 10,000 in Kampala, Uganda, and 7,000 in Nairobi, Kenya, compared with about 975 in New York City and 310 in London. A study of 800 Nairobi prostitutes showed that 88% carried the AIDS virus and more than half had some sort of venereal disease. The women reportedly had an average of 1,000 clients a year...
...decision has been reached on whether to take legal action against the University for its role in the election last April, said Chris Villa, a spokesman for the Attorney General. Villa said the Public Charities Division--which handles complaints against nonprofit institutions such as Harvard--is continuing to collect information in the case...
...similar fashion, James Rouse's Enterprise Foundation is providing funding to almost 70 nonprofit housing groups around the country. Rouse, known nationally for his role in revitalizing downtown Boston and the Baltimore Harbor, envisions a national network of neighborhood housing initiatives supported by entities like Enterprise but also backed by federal funding. "The initiative would come from us, but the Government would make available the funds that are so desperately needed," says Rouse. Groups like Enterprise particularly want Congress to approve a $150 million second- mortgage fund similar to the one used in the Nehemiah program...