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India Hailed for its First Polio-Free Year
Today marks a milestone in the fight against polio as India celebrates one year since the last recorded case of new polio infection in...
Lady Gaga Tops List of 20 Celebrities Doing Good in 2011
DoSomething.org, an organizations that helps teens take action on causes they care about, released its fourth annual 'Top 20 Celebs Gone Good' list. Lady...
Israel to Release Millions in Withheld Funds to Palestinians
Under international pressure, Israel announced Wednesday that it would release tens of millions of dollars of tax funds owed to the Palestinians.
Israel collects the...
Ethiopian Child Mortality, Malnutrition Rates Slashed in Half
Ethiopia has more than halved its child mortality rates since 1990 through campaigns to increase the number of health workers and clinics throughout the...
Program Vaccinates One Billion Children
The Measles Initiative this week announced it has vaccinated one billion children in more than 60 developing countries, making significant gains in the global...
British Air to Send Jumbo Jet of Aid to Drought-hit Africa, Irish Famine Memory Spurs Donations There
In the coming days, British Airways will send a jumbo jet full of supplies for crisis-hit East Africans. Carrying aid from Oxfam and Unicef,...
TV Viewers Rally to Lift 120,000 Malawi Kids Off the Ground
Six months ago, political reporter and former legislative director Lawrence O'Donell shared his experience of delivering 30 desks to a children's classroom in Africa...
22 Year-old Plays His Way into Golf Stardom: Rory’s a Celtic Tiger, With Class
For 15 years golf needed Tiger. He made the game more popular, more accessible, more interesting, by virtue of his virtuosic play and dominance...
World Landmarks Light-Up With ‘End Polio’ Message in Final Push to Eradicate Disease
What do the Trevi Fountain in Rome, India’s Charminar monument, and the New York Stock Exchange building have in common? Each of these iconic...
Haiti Public Health Progress ‘Encouraging’
A year after the devastating Haiti earthquake, there has been "encouraging" progress in public health in the island nation. One high spot has been...
25 Percent Drop in Maternal Deaths for Sub-Saharan Women
The proportion of women in sub-Saharan Africa who died because of pregnancy fell by more than a quarter between 1990 and 2008, according to...
Kick Polio Out of Africa Campaign at Victorious End
Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month, with a football signed by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond...
Global Access to Safe Drinking Water Increasing
A report from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund says the world is on track to meet or even...
Boy, 7, Raises $200,000 for Haiti
Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from London has raised more than £136,000 ($220,000) for Haitian earthquake survivors.
Charlie hoped to raise just £500 for UNICEF's earthquake appeal...
‘Hope for Haiti’ Celebrities to Dominate Televisions Tonight
It took only a phone call from George Clooney to get the "Hope for Haiti" telethon started. Expected to be the most widely...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Hundreds of Earthquake Resistant Schools Built Since Indonesian Tsunami
In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, students who survived the tsunami were able to resume their lessons quickly, thanks to the overwhelming international response that allowed...
The Wizards’ Wizard: A Tribute to Generosity
In the last few years, Washington’s great sports impresario and philanthropist suffered from a rare brain disease that robbed him of everything but his...
Gaza Doctor Lost 3 Children to Violence, but Preaches Peace
In January, during the final hours of Israel's three-week war in Gaza, a pair of Israeli tank shells blasted through a bedroom on...
Sesame Street’s HIV-Positive Muppet Raises Awareness
As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, one cute and cuddly Muppet on its South African edition helps combat...