Friday, March 03, 2006
Senate Backs Extended Katrina Benefits - Yahoo! News
Senate Backs Extended Katrina Benefits - Yahoo! News: "The Senate passed a bill Friday to extend unemployment insurance benefits for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita for another 13 weeks."
New UN fund to speed global disaster response | Reuters.com
New UN fund to speed global disaster response | Reuters.com: "UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations next week launches a new global emergency fund to provide swifter relief to victims of natural disasters, but with far less money on hand than the $500 million it had hoped to raise.
The Central Emergency Response Fund will have just $188 million when it opens for business, which is nonetheless a significant improvement over an existing U.N. standby loan facility of $50 million.
Donations to the new fund, which will be able to make grants as well as loan money, have come from 19 of the 191 U.N. member-states.
But some wealthy nations including the United States, Japan, Australia, Italy and Canada have yet to make pledges."
The Central Emergency Response Fund will have just $188 million when it opens for business, which is nonetheless a significant improvement over an existing U.N. standby loan facility of $50 million.
Donations to the new fund, which will be able to make grants as well as loan money, have come from 19 of the 191 U.N. member-states.
But some wealthy nations including the United States, Japan, Australia, Italy and Canada have yet to make pledges."
Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - TSUNAMI: £50M AID 'MISSING'
Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - TSUNAMI: £50M AID 'MISSING': "TSUNAMI: £50M AID 'MISSING'
UP to £50million donated to help tsunami victims may have been left unspent in charity bank accounts, a spending watchdog warned yesterday.
The Government has no idea if most of the of taxpayers' cash it handed over to charities had been used, the National Audit Office said.
Tory spokesman Andrew Mitchell said: 'These monies should be released as soon as possible.'"
UP to £50million donated to help tsunami victims may have been left unspent in charity bank accounts, a spending watchdog warned yesterday.
The Government has no idea if most of the of taxpayers' cash it handed over to charities had been used, the National Audit Office said.
Tory spokesman Andrew Mitchell said: 'These monies should be released as soon as possible.'"
Thursday, March 02, 2006
The Phoenix Online - Community rallies to fundraise, rebuild for Katrina victims
The Phoenix Online - Community rallies to fundraise, rebuild for Katrina victims: "Community rallies to fundraise, rebuild for Katrina victims
BY BLANCA GAMEZ
Swarthmore faculty and students are continuing to support the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts through a recent Mardi Gras beads fundraiser and a service trip to New Orleans set for Spring Break.
Over the past two weeks, McCabe librarians have directed the Mardi Gras beads fundraiser to benefit the Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO) library, their partner library in the Adopt-A-Library program. At $1 a strand, revenue from the Mardi Gras beads sales totaled nearly $800. The beads were on sale at the bookstore, libraries and coffee bars across campus. In addition, members of the Directed Relief Committee are in the process of organizing a group of students to help ongoing cleanup efforts in parts of New Orleans afflicted by the storm."
BY BLANCA GAMEZ
Swarthmore faculty and students are continuing to support the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts through a recent Mardi Gras beads fundraiser and a service trip to New Orleans set for Spring Break.
Over the past two weeks, McCabe librarians have directed the Mardi Gras beads fundraiser to benefit the Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO) library, their partner library in the Adopt-A-Library program. At $1 a strand, revenue from the Mardi Gras beads sales totaled nearly $800. The beads were on sale at the bookstore, libraries and coffee bars across campus. In addition, members of the Directed Relief Committee are in the process of organizing a group of students to help ongoing cleanup efforts in parts of New Orleans afflicted by the storm."
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