Jewish World Watch (press release) (blog)Corruption investigation results in debarment of several Syria-related aid workersJewish World Watch (press release) (blog)However, this disturbing news concerning fraud and corruption in aid procurement and del…
This youth startup hopes to drive Brunei’s blood donation – Bizbrunei (press release)
Bizbrunei (press release) |
This youth startup hopes to drive Brunei’s blood donation
Bizbrunei (press release) Local IT startup Nextacloud Technologies is hoping to increase the number of blood donations in Brunei by simplifying donor registration and emergency notifications by developing an online system called Bloodkad for the public to use. Filling a seven … |
The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and Medium Donors: What Can … – Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit Quarterly |
The Growth in Total Household Giving Is Camouflaging a Decline in Giving by Small and Medium Donors: What Can …
Nonprofit Quarterly Research on giving in the United States has now produced definitive empirical evidence to show a decline in the participation and amounts donated by “small” and “medium” (actually, median) donors and an increasing reliance on “large” donors. That lead … |
How Sue’s donor legacy is still saving lives today – Jewish Chronicle
Jewish Chronicle |
How Sue’s donor legacy is still saving lives today
Jewish Chronicle But despite the advances, unrelated stem cell donors (as they are now more commonly called) are still needed for about 1,000 Jewish people every year. For Ashkenazim there’s a 25 per cent chance of them not finding one, Sephardim 50 per cent and, … |
Children of sperm donors find their half siblings and demand change – Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune |
Children of sperm donors find their half siblings and demand change
Chicago Tribune Earlier this year, Washington and Vermont became the first states to require clinics to collect donors‘ medical history and to disclose that information to any resulting child. Similar bills have been introduced in California and Rhode Island. But last … |
Stepsiblings brought closer by kidney donation – Bradford Era
Bradford EraStepsiblings brought closer by kidney donationBradford EraMandy Jacks, formerly of Bradford, is truly giving by donating one of her kidneys to stepbrother Jim McCord. McCord was diagnosed with an unusual form of kidney disease, and after se…
Donors Were Asked What Charity They’d Support if They Could Pick Only One. Half Chose the Same 20 Groups. – The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy |
Donors Were Asked What Charity They’d Support if They Could Pick Only One. Half Chose the Same 20 Groups.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy By cause, health-related charities were the most commonly picked as favorites, cited by nearly one in three donors. Among other findings: Impact matters. The three most commonly cited reasons for selecting a particular charity as a favorite were the … |
Three organ transplant patients die of cancer contracted from single donor, doctors report – The Independent
The Independent |
Three organ transplant patients die of cancer contracted from single donor, doctors report
The Independent Doctors have reported a case where three patients died from breast cancer which they contracted from a single organ donor, a 53-year old woman with the disease whose kidneys, lungs, liver and heart were transplanted. After suffering a stroke in 2007 … Four die after transplants from same organ donorNEWS.com.au Advances Yield More Organs for TransplantU.S. News & World Report Three people die of cancer after catching it from SAME organ donor in ‘extraordinary’ one in 10000 caseThe Sun |
Why this UM regent just returned thousands in campaign donations – Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press |
Why this UM regent just returned thousands in campaign donations
Detroit Free Press A review of state records shows that two members of the university’s elected Board of Regents accepted in total nearly $30,000 in campaign contributions from donors associated with funds receiving U-M investments. In addition, a family who helps guide … |
Organ donation and support at St George’s – Tooting Daily PRSS (blog)
Tooting Daily PRSS (blog) |
Organ donation and support at St George’s
Tooting Daily PRSS (blog) We also hold a number of events throughout the year to raise awareness of organ donation, including last week’s Organ Donation Awareness Week (3-9 September). This year’s national campaign – Words Save Lives – encourages families to talk about organ … Mark Dobson: A lifesaving week and my first post-transplant matchBelfast Telegraph |