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NGO Moves to Tackle Moral Decadence, Health Challenge
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Makarios Initiative for Health and Humanitarian Development, has initiated a move to combat moral decadence and health challenges among schoolchildren in Lagos State. As part of move to actualise this idea,...

Mongolia Forum 2025 Takes Place under the Theme "Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification"
Ulaanbaatar, June 25, 2025 /MONTSAME/. “Mongolia Forum 2025” took place under the theme “Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification” on June 20-24, 2025, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In 2018, non-governmental organizations and...

Deadline looms for groups seeking grant-aid from Offaly wind farm fund
APPLICANTS have less than three weeks to seek financial aid under Bord na Mona's Cloncreen Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund. The fund is in its third year and the deadline for applications in the current round is July 15 next at 5pm. Bord na Mona...

Go Woke, Go Broke: Nonprofit Could Lose Millions In Federal Funds Thanks To DEI Program
A leftwing group dedicated to dismantling “structural racism” in finance has raked in millions of dollars in federal grants. But now its federal funding and non-profit status could be in jeopardy, as the group discriminates against white...

New non-profit wants to help fund Alabamians’ mental health care
A new non-profit organization wants to use donations to help fund under-insured Alabamians’ mental health and substance abuse recovery care. “We’d want to help folks before they get to a place of crisis by making therapy and counseling more...

General : Malaysia Reaffirms Support For Islamic NGO Empowerment In Southeast Asia
PUTRAJAYA, June 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the empowerment of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and dakwah institutions across Southeast Asia, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious...

Ithaca Rotary Club accepting grant funding applications
ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) – Funding is available from the Ithaca Rotary Club. An open call for proposals is underway for the 2025 Community Grants Program, which aims to promote and improve the quality of life in the county. The maximum award amount...

Readers’ Choice: St. Albert Sturgeon Hospice Association voted best non-profit/service club
St. Albert Sturgeon Hospice Association earns community recognition for their work. The St. Albert Sturgeon Hospice Association (SASHA) has been voted the best non-profit/service club in the St. Albert Gazette Readers' Choice Awards. Second place...

From failure to future: Bengaluru NGO helps hundreds of schoolchildren clear supplementary exams
When 17-year-old Ghousia failed her Class 10 exams, she thought it marked the end of her academic journey. A daughter of a welder from Tumkur, Ghousia had failed in three subjects—math, science, and Kannada. But four weeks later, she walked out of...

US laundering Colombia’s environmental crime profits: NGO
Much of the revenue of environmental crimes committed in Colombia are being laundered in the United States, a financial crimes analyst told Colombia Reports. Financial crime expert Julia Yansura of the FACT coalition said that a recent report...

Turku's joint religion classes criticised by agency and NGO
Religious education in Turku will continue in joint classes in the autumn, despite a reprimand from the Regional State Administration Agency. In Finnish schools, children are separated by faith for their religious education classes, and...

How a Simcoe County non-profit works to educate on learning disabilities
For nearly five decades, the Learning Disabilities Association of York-Simcoe has been a lifeline for families navigating ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions. Now, its Champions program is giving those affected a powerful voice. “We talk...

MACC remands NGO chief over alleged money laundering, misuse of charity funds
PUTRAJAYA, June 25 (Bernama) — A chairman of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has been remanded on suspicion of involvement in money laundering and using proceeds of corruption through personal accounts, his company, and those of relatives...

PIN, MRCG, journalists urge Sierra Leone to protect press freedom, digital rights
Pan-African non-profit Paradigm Initiative (PIN), in partnership with the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) and 36 media professionals across Sierra Leone, has issued a joint communiqué urging the government to uphold press freedom, digital...
NGO Chairman Identified As Main Suspect In RM26 Mln Misappropriation
PUTRAJAYA, June 25 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has identified the chairman of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Melaka as the main suspect in a case involving the misappropriation of RM26 million in public...
MACC Remands NGO Chairman On Suspicion Of Money Laundering
PUTRAJAYA, June 25 (Bernama) -- A chairman of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has been remanded on suspicion of being involved in money laundering and using proceeds of corruption through personal accounts, his company, and those of...

FCT Teachers’ Strike Enters Day 90: NGO Slams FG, Wike Over Collapsed Public Education
…Says Children Are Betrayed While Roads Are Commissioned A civil society group, Save Public Education Campaign, Nigeria (SPEC), has lambasted the Federal Government and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over what it...

Non-profit takes on 'full cost' to stop school health program from dying off
Newcastle University students Chelsey Ayton, Shannon Daley, Delta Hateley, Georgia Haggarty, Bailey Armiger, Lily O'Callaghan and Ben Grubba are learning how to teach high schoolers about physical activity, diet and overall wellbeing as part of...
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMITS TO ADDRESSING CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNS OVER NGO BILL AND CYBERSECURITY LAW
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMITS TO ADDRESSING CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNS OVER NGO BILL AND CYBERSECURITY LAW Lusaka, June 24, 2025 — President Hakainde Hichilema has announced the government’s willingness to address key concerns raised by civil society...

NGO workers accused of terrorism acts cleared
BACOLOD CITY—The last of five development workers accused of terrorism financing has surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Negros Occidental on June 24. Felipe Gelle, accompanied by local media, surfaced months...