Pakistan Arrests More Than 100 Allegedly Linked To Mumbai
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks, a top official said Thursday, adding that the information India has handed over still needs work before it can be used as evidence in court. Despite the announcement, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik dodged a question on whether he was conceding the plot _ which killed 164 people in India’s commercial capital and raised tension between the nuclear-armed rivals _ was hatched on Pakistani soil
Paul Brest: Why Evidence is Essential in Defining the Missions of Non-Profits
With characteristic cogency, Sean Stannard-Stockton’s guest post raises a crucial question about strategic philanthropy’s requirement of an evidence-based theory of change. Sean says that this is an error because the social world is too dynamic and complex for philanthropists and the nonprofit organizations they support to base social interventions on evidence.
Paul Brest: What’s The Evidence For Evidence-based Theories of Change?
By Sean Stannard-Stockton In Paul’s book Money Well Spent and on this blog he has advanced a theory of strategic philanthropy that includes eight points: 1. A problem-solving orientation; 2
Soup’s On At The Hideout: Free Soup Charity Event Debuts
Every Wednesday this winter the Hideout presents a free weekly dinner featuring soup prepared by Hideout staff, regulars, local chefs, and maybe even a few “celebrities.” ALL SOUP IS FREE-but we will pass the hat each week. Donations go to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which can do a better job of feeding the truly hungry than a few well-meaning barflies can.
Diana Odasso: Larry Mellon’s Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis
One year ago, I visited Haiti for the first time. A small group of us had been invited by the Hopital Albert Schweitzer(HAS) in Deschapelles, Central Haiti.
Mary Lou Song: Creative Giving in Tough Times
Some good may actually come out of this economic crisis. We may just put away our credit cards and celebrate the holidays with a new currency.
Kennedy Charity’s Exemption Questioned
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Don McNay: Jimmy V and the Closed Wallet
Faded photographs, Covered now with lines and creases -Dennis Yost and the Classics IV Former ESPN announcer and basketball coach Jim (Jimmy V) Valvano set up a foundation for cancer research after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in June of 1992.
Mitch Goldman and Jeff Mathews: A Hairy Charity: Mustaches For Kids
Mitch Goldman: In 2000 you founded the New York chapter of Mustaches for Kids and started growing a mustache for charity. When did you realize that what might have started as a bit of a lark had become a bit - a very little bit - of a phenomenon
Elias Roman: Help Feed the Hungry: Take 2 Minutes to Feed 15 People (Just by Downloading Free Music)
The need for emergency food in America has reached crises levels. Food banks are experiencing the devastating effects of the economic downturn but, unlike big companies, they are receiving little attention as donations virtually stop
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