GreaterGood.org Blog
Millennium Villages Project can reduce child deaths
May 14th, 2012 – 12:10 PM
Approximately one in eight children dies before the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa ? but new study out this week suggests that the Millennium Villages Project could reduce childhood deaths.
Remote communities along Amazon still need assistance
May 8th, 2012 – 01:36 PM
Four hundred remote jungle communities found themselves underwater when Amazon reached record heights in April.
PIH vaccinates 50,000 against cholera
May 1st, 2012 – 01:18 PM
The Haiti Cholera Vaccine Project was targeted to reach 50,000 by the end of April.
Peace Corps veterans continue work as nonprofit
April 30th, 2012 – 03:16 PM
When Renae Adam and Kristin Johnson worked in Ghana as part of the US Peace Corps, they collaborated on many projects designed to empower women. Today, they continue this work as the nonprofit Women In Progress.
Russian bear cubs prepared for release
April 26th, 2012 – 12:42 PM
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's bear cub program in Russia marks a milestone: ten years of successful releases.
Education programs help stop trafficking
April 24th, 2012 – 03:02 PM
GreaterGood.org's charity partners know that indentured servitude or slavery is a constant threat to girls around the world and education is key to helping them escape.
Door to door, PIH works to stop cholera
April 20th, 2012 – 12:00 PM
The Haiti Cholera Vaccine Project requires PIH health workers to go door-to-door in the community, as shown in this video.
Autism Speaks founders interviewed on CBS This Morning
April 18th, 2012 – 11:29 AM
Watch this video with Autism Speaks founders Bob and Suzanne Wright discuss new federal findings regarding autism.
VSPCA rescues trapped sea turtle
April 16th, 2012 – 03:18 PM
This video from VSPCA shows the recent release of a sea turtle into the Bay of Bengal.
Providing a home and care for veterans in need
April 11th, 2012 – 12:59 PM
A veteran in Puerto Rico wanted to spend as much time as he had left with his daughter and grandson. Veterans Homestead in Massachusetts found him a place at their hospice.
