First Grading Period Honor Roll “A” Honor Roll EIGHTH GRADE: Eden A. Brackenbury, Aletheia Marie Burritt, Alaina Shay George, Todd A. Glickfield, Sara Loran Highbaugh, Trevor Michael Hiles, Lindsay Holt, Rachel Jumper, Daniel Scott LaDage, Madison Elaine Lester, Ashlynn Victoria Lewis, Aaron Gabriel Manio, Steven D. Ngo, Thao Thanh Nguyen, Vinai Simha Oddiraju, Lila Kay Persinger, Haden ...

Aishwarya made goodwill ambassador of Smile Train NGO on b'dayAishwarya made goodwill ambassador of Smile Train NGO on b'day

On her 36th birthday Sunday, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has been named the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that works worldwide for children with cleft lip.

New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) On her 36th birthday Sunday, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has been named the first goodwill ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that works worldwide for children with cleft lip.

The Indian chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research (SIETAR) will organise its annual event in the city on October 31 and November 1. The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) will hold a conference on 'Connecting Worlds: solutions through intercultural insights'. Sietar is a non-profit association of educators, researchers and trainers from a wide range of ...

Young girls in west Africa will be disproportionately affected by the global economic downturn, children's charity Plan International warned on Friday.

On the pretext of making a donation, two men robbed a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for the disabled of cash and valuables worth about RM20,000 in Taman Garing, Rawang, today.

The Germany NGO Solidarity Service International (SODI) has held a meeting in Berlin to publicise its projects in Vietnam and call upon the German authorities, other organisations and the public to continue supporting the Southeast Asian country.

India's infant mortality rate (IMR) has seen a dip from last year but an international NGO here said that India, with current IMR of 53 deaths per 1,000 live births, is still a long way off the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) targets.

New Delhi, Oct 29 : India's infant mortality rate (IMR) has seen a dip from last year but an international NGO here said that India, with current IMR of 53 deaths per 1,000 live births, is still a long way off the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) targets.

Source: IRIN In the first nine months of 2009, 18 Afghan NGO employees have been killed and six wounded in security incidents, according to a report by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO). Eight were killed in 42 incidents from July to September.

International NGO Save the Children has called for action to help curb the number of babies and mothers death at birth.

MANILA, Philippines — Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, United Nations Undersecretary General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap), will return to Manila this October for the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15.

The National Forest Authority manager in Kalangala, Dennis Sebuggwawo, told the gathering that there was an opportunity for individuals to reap from the sow log scheme, where those who plant 25 hectares of trees are paid heavily by an international NGO.

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia----Today, World Growth International and World Growth Mongolia applaud the Government of Mongolia for signing a landmark mining agreement to develop Oyu Tolgoi.

Bizarre stories like Jagweri's are being unearthed at the Constitutional Court, where 12 individuals and Mifumi, an NGO, have petitioned for the abolition of bride price in Uganda.

BEIRUT: Newly founded NGO Think Positive dedicated to raise awareness on AIDS in Lebanon, held its first conference on Monday at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Hazmieh. The meeting was attended by the head of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) Mustafah al-Naqib, the president of the NGO Hassan Sherry and representatives from several NGOs.

Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 5 OCT: Two activists of a city-based non-governmental organisation were arrested this evening by a team of officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for alleged links with Police Santras Birodhi Public Committee leader, Mr Chhatradhar Mahato.

Source: IRIN The government has welcomed a new campaign launched on 5 October by NGO Save the Children to help reduce child mortality in Yemen, which has the highest rate in the Middle East and one of the highest in the world outside Africa.

To make sure that bio-fuel production does not threaten food security, says the NGO, it is recommended that only non-edible oil seeds should be used for bio-fuel production.