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NGO launches ‘Kemi’ AI chatbot to tackle online gender-based violence
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...
Akyem Kotoku residents urged to maintain peace
Previous article: Richard Quaye Food Bank to feed vulnerable for free Back to: Prev Next article: Committee to align health sector with 24-hour Economy inaugurated Next Samuel Kyei-Boateng Jul - 15 - 2025 , 09:57 2 minutes read Two chiefs in the...

Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization gains official status at IMO and IAEA
The Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO) has officially been granted NGO consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and has been formally invited to regularly attend the sessions of the general conference of the...

A Year With the Seals review – what to know about the elusive sea creature
‘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,...

“Bail or Jail” fundraiser to support grief and loss program
Kathy Grogan hopes that many people will decide to turn themselves in and “go to jail,” and she invites residents of the Parkland area to join the incarcerated population. She also hopes they will be able to post $300 in bail to earn their release...

Students movement celebrates lives of Buhari, Awujale
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), an NGO, says former President Muhammadu Buhari, 82, and the Awujale of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, 91 lived quality lives worth emulating. By Stanley Nwanosike The Progressive Students Movement (PSM),...

Non-Profit Snapshot: 4 Things Non-Profits Need to Know About SCOTUS’s Religious Tax Exemption Ruling
Welcome to this edition of the FP Non-Profit Snapshot, where we take a quick look at a recent significant legal development with an emphasis on how it impacts non-profit organizations. This edition focuses on a landmark Supreme Court decision that...

Non-profit hosting its 13th Annual Freedom Fest to support local veterans
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - Nearly 100 bikers in the Chippewa Valley are preparing to roll on the throttle and hit the road in support of veterans this weekend. The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter 45-2 (CVMA) is hosting its 13th...

NGO set to fight GBV, empower survivors
Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre has unveiled a project to fight gender-based violence (GBV) and support survivors with essential services in Karonga District. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday after presenting the project to the district’s...
Funding to Help Law Enforcement to Keep Communities Safe for Impaired Drivers
Helping to address the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced more than $35 million in funding to nearly 150 local law enforcement agencies, local governments, crime laboratories and...
Non-profit hosts annual Off the Street Breakfast fundraising event in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A local non-profit organization is hosting its annual Off the Street Breakfast fundraising event in Colorado Springs. The PLACE says the event will be on Thursday at South Sierra Madre under the Colorado Avenue...
Des Moines University (DMU) 2025 Alumni of the Year and Rising Star Honorees
From left: Major Joshua Dilday DO ('15); Gary Stuck DO ('83) FAAFP; Shari Nichols DPM ('95) FACFAS; and Carla Stebbins MHA ('93) PhD WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (July 13, 2025) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences announces this year's...

‘Disgusting’: Leading Irish charities accused of hypocrisy for failing to work with unions
Some of Ireland’s best-known charities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been accused of hypocrisy for failing to allow their employees to be represented by trade unions. Siptu says thousands of workers in the sector are affected by...

Fundraising continues for playground
Elmo, Sesame Street’s favorite red muppet, donned a most comfortable pink Columbiana Project Playground T-shirt to the inaugural Family Fun Day, where he made many friends including 5-year-old Addi Kale, shown here. (Submitted photo) COLUMBIANA —...

Fallen Phillips County Deputy Brandon Gaede honored by Georgia non-profit
ATLANTA, Kan. (KWCH) - A global nonprofit, Point 27, recently honored fallen Phillips County Deputy Brandon Gaede, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on June 27. Point 27 sent gifts of Thin Blue Line Shields of Strength dog-tag necklaces...

Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged Government failures managing NZ’s first space mission
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
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...

Non-profit groups to execute projects in gaming operators’ urban revitalisation efforts: gov’t
Non-profit organisations will take the lead in implementing projects across six historic districts in Macau, backed by the government and the city’s six gaming operators, with new initiatives expected to roll out by the end of this quarter. The...

Calls for victims of sexual exploitation to be given better accommodation
Victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation should have specialist shelters provided for them, a charity has said. Ruhama, the Dublin-based non-governmental organisation that deals with women affected by prostitution especially those who...

World Bank defends decision to resume funding to Uganda
World Bank says its mitigation measures ensure it won’t discriminate against LGBTQ Ugandans World Bank President Ajay Banga (left) and Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Pepe Onziema (right) The World Bank has played down claims that its decision to...