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Crusie4aCause raises funds to drive out cancer
WJFW - Wisconsin
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IOLA, Wis. (WJFW) - Almost anyone would love a chance at winning a brand new Mustang, but what’s better than winning a new car? Winning a car while also donating to cancer research. Since 2011 Cruise4aCause has been fundraising at the Iola car...
WigOut Sonoma! Fundraiser Event to Support Cancer Support Sonoma at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards
Sonoma Valley Sun - California
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July 14, 2025
Cancer Support Sonoma is excited to announce its highly anticipated major fundraising event WigOut Sonoma! will be held on September 25, 2025, at the enchanting Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Event tickets are now available for...
Returnees Cry for Help Amid Dire Humanitarian Conditions in DR Congo
HumAngle
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July 14, 2025
Uprooted by the ongoing violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), locals in the Bahunde chiefdom of North Kivu are lamenting the dire humanitarian conditions they have faced since their return. The Congolese, mainly from the...
Maine Wildlife Transport meets funding goal to purchase retired ambulance
WABI - Maine
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July 14, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A positive update to a story we brought you last week. A non-profit responsible for rescuing and transporting injured wildlife across Maine has raised enough money to secure a retired ambulance. Dan Foss is the founder of...
New original play ‘A Year in Edna’s Kitchen’ in support of Farmers’ Mental Health
Saugeen Times
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July 14, 2025
A new original play is coming to town at SS Stables (2328 Hwy. 21) in Kincardine. The play, ‘A Year in Edna’s Kitchen’, written by Sandy Conrad with music by Ian Burbidge in association with the Kincardine Theatre Guild, is a non-profit project...
Could giving this pod of dolphins the same legal rights as humans help keep them safe?
The Guardian
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July 15, 2025
It is a beautiful sunny day on the island of Jeju in South Korea and as the boat cuts through the water all seems calm and clear. Then they start to appear – one telltale fin and then another. Soon, a pod of eight or nine dolphins can be seen...
With summer in full swing, risk of human trafficking increases, according to Colorado Springs non-profit
KJCT8 - Colorado
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July 14, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - One human trafficking survivor advocacy group in Colorado Springs has found that the summer months create a higher risk of human trafficking among kids and adults. Experts told 11 News a large reason is because...
Mammovan to make July stops in Carson City, Reno area and Yerington
Carson Now - Nevada
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July 14, 2025
Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan returns to Carson City and nearby cities this month, giving women access to critically important screenings with affordable exams. Celebrating its 25th year, Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan continually travels the...
Funding shortfalls limiting our interventions, ability to save lives — UNICEF
Daily Post
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July 11, 2025
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said the drastic and abrupt reductions in funding for its activities are severely threatening its collective ability to deliver aid and save lives in conflict affected areas. Deputy Representative,...
Why Indonesia’s energy transition urgently needs robust fiscal policy
Eco-Business
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July 14, 2025
The country is also aiming for renewables to claim 23 per cent of the energy mix by 2029 in the National Medium-Term Development Plan. However, progress remains slow. Renewables contributed to only 14.1 per cent of the energy mix by the end of...
AWWA launches 2025 Armenian elder care grant program
The Armenian Weekly - Massachusetts
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July 14, 2025
JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS.—The Armenian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) has launched its 2025 Armenian Elder Care Grant Program, awarding $150,000 in funding to organizations that enhance the lives of Armenian elders both internationally and within...
Dumpsite: Gweru feels the heat
Zimbabwe Independent
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The landfill, which is approximately 10km from the CBD, is, however, a few metres from Woodlands Phase 2 suburb and it continues to be the single largest environmental health risk to more than 15 000 people residing in the high-density suburb....
A Year With the Seals review – what to know about the elusive sea creature
The Guardian
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July 14, 2025
‘There is no creature born, even among the greater apes, which more resembles a human baby in its ways and its cries than a baby grey seal,” wrote the ecologist Frank Fraser Darling in 1939. Seals’ large eyes, the five digits of their flippers,...
Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged Government failures managing NZ’s first space mission
Newstalk ZB
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July 14, 2025
Space Minister Judith Collins has gone to ground over alleged Government failures managing New Zealand’s first official, taxpayer-funded satellite mission. Last year, Collins welcomed the launch of MethaneSAT as “a milestone in the development of...
A Tale of Two Museums
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Charles Allis Art Museum (top) Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (bottom). As Milwaukee County Supervisors contend with funding requests and budget deficits coming at them from all...
Tribal Foundation repatriated 27 victims, fed over 100 displaced by sorcery violence
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 15, 2025
The PNG Tribal Foundation, a humanitarian organisation, continues to spread light in the remotest areas of the country. With little access to government services, continuous its daily support to survivors and victims of sorcery accusation related...
Violence in the Name of Cows: The ‘Animal Welfare’ Groups That Beat Up Truck Drivers in India
Bellingcat
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July 15, 2025
This article is a collaboration with Alt News, a non-profit fact-checking website in India. They describe themselves as “cow protectors” or “gau rakshaks” in Hindi. On social media, they often post about carrying out charitable work such as...
Polish museum criticised for exhibition on “Our Boys” who fought in Hitler’s army
Notes from Poland
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July 14, 2025
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Over 100,000 people checked and 60 denied entry in first week of Poland’s border controls
Notes from Poland
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July 14, 2025
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NGO launches ‘Kemi’ AI chatbot to tackle online gender-based violence
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
The Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), a Nigerian youth-led non-governmental organisation, has launched an artificial intelligence-powered WhatsApp chatbot designed to support survivors of technology-facilitated gender-based...