Word: nonprofits
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...knows precisely what concentrations of environmental arsenic are toxic, and the wood-treatment industry insists that wherever that line is, its products don't cross it. Environmental groups, however, disagree, insisting that at any dosage level, children and arsenic don't mix. Says Richard Wiles, pesticide director for the nonprofit Environmental Working Group: "We've pretty much set up an arsenic delivery system for kids...
...want to help the environment and reduce the risk for investors," says Forgach, "you must alleviate poverty in the region by educating the workers and generating local wealth." Muana turned over portions of its land to residents who had never before held land titles. A company-created nonprofit group worked with the Brazilian government to bring in doctors to vaccinate Muanenses for diseases like yellow fever, and donated a boat to take children to and from school. Last month the nonprofit group opened the Amazon's first computer school...
Harrison currently teaches at UC-Berkeley, where she is the Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She also does work with the San Francisco-based CompuMentor, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit technology organizations that provides more than 23,000 organizations with low-cost software and technical volunteers and consultants...
Once in the capital, Bright connected with a delegation of Harvard students and a professor working with Worldteach, a Harvard-founded nonprofit that provides educational volunteers in Third World areas...
Schools modeled on EDISCA are now open in five other Brazilian cities. Andrade's students sell out the local theater and put on shows as far away as Italy. They attract funding sources like the Washington-based Ashoka organization, a nonprofit group that identifies and supports 1,100 "social entrepreneurs" in 41 countries. Last year a $550,000 loan from the Brazilian government let EDISCA move into a new building...