South Sudanese Returnees Board Plane for Journey Home Malakal, South Sudan. Today in Malakal, South Sudan, 150 returnees line up to board a plane chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and bound for Wau. This week, IOM is arranging transport for over 700 people who have been staying in the Malakal Way Station. [...]
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Young Teen Asks: Smoking, Is It Worth It?
New York, N.Y. Native Americans began smoking tobacco many centuries ago. They used it in rituals to heal and bind their tribe. When European explorers discovered the Americas in the late 15th century, they took tobacco back to Europe. Since then, tobacco or cigarettes have increased in popularity—a trend which continues today. Is smoking worth [...]
Next Generation of Global Indian Cinema
New York, N.Y. I recently attended Ticket2Bollywood (T2B) sponsored by Molecule Communications. I had the opportunity to interview its director Ajay Shrivastav and his sister and business partner Kiren. Brother and sister Ajay and Kiren Shrivastav are opposites. He is the creative one and Kiren more the businesswoman operating Molecule Communications in Mumbai and Ajay is opening [...]
World Youth Initiative: Tomorrow’s Leaders, Solving Today’s Issues
New York, N.Y. Last fall, teen philanthropist Isaac J. Kassin was awarded our James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation’s coveted Luce Leader 2012 Award for his work in philanthropy, including his signature fund within our foundation. Accepting the award at a gala at the law firm of Skadden Arps, 17-year old Isaac made an impassioned speech with [...]
May 11, 2013: Photos of the Mother’s Day Weekend Around the World
PHR-Israel’s mobile clinic to the Occupied Territories, medical day in the West Bank. A Mbukushu mother and child cross Botswana’s Okavango River in Africa. Mother and child in Lima, Peru. Mumbai slum mother holding child. Mother in sari, with several ear and nose piercings. A lesbian couple with their children in the U.S.A. See Jim [...]
Fifth Annual Meningitis Gala Honors NASCAR Driving Philanthropist
New York, N.Y. The National Meningitis Association gala Give Kids a Shot, held recently at the New York Athletic Club, attracted people from all over the nation and from all walks of life – just as meningitis affects people from all walks of life. This fifth annual event was once again both an emotion-filled evening [...]
Photos of the Day: May 8, 2013 at the United Nations
Secretary-General Meets President of Republic of Korea United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea. United Nations, New York | Photo # 549925. High-level Event on Human Security Wide view of the high-level event on human security, hosted by the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on the subject.United Nations, New [...]
Fountain House Symposium Honors Author Andrew Solomon
New York, N.Y. New York City has an annual event that educates the public on mental health that I believe is the finest in America. This symposium – and luncheon – is hosted by Fountain House each spring at The Pierre. This year, the event’s tenth, the topic was “Mental Illness and the Family: Relationships, Resilience, Recovery. The [...]
