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Beyonce's charity is going to donate $500k to people who could lose their home during the pandemic
Beyonce's charity is donating $500,000 to those who could lose their home during the pandemic. The 'Crazy In Love' hitmaker's charity outfit, BeyGOOD, have announced they will be giving out grants of $5,000 to 100 people who are risk of eviction owing to the current health crisis. Writing on her official website, it reads: "Phase Two of the BeyGOOD Impact Fund will now help those impacted by the housing crisis. The housing moratorium is set to end on December 26th, resulting in mortgage foreclosures and rental evictions. Many families are impacted, due to the pandemic that resulted in job loss...
BANG Showbiz
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MacKenzie Scott gives $4.2 bn to help the 'vulnerable'
San Francisco (AFP) - MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said Tuesday she has given $4.2 billion to groups helping the vulnerable as the pandemic hits lives like "a wrecking ball." Scott, who formerly went by the name MacKenzie Bezos, last year signed a "giving pledge" to donate the bulk of her wealth to charity. In a round of donations early this year, Scott gave nearly $1.7 billion to groups devoted to race, gender and economic equality, as well as other social causes. "This pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling," Scott said in...
AFP
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“Draw Your Happiness”: Get Into The Holiday Spirit With Grand Hyatt Tokyo’s Charity Program
This year has gone quick! Christmas is just around the corner and after the crazy year we’ve had, we all deserve to have a much needed celebration with family, friends, and lovers. Christmas is the perfect time to reflect and give thanks for the many wonderful things that we have in our lives. However, it’s always important to consider all those in positions less fortunate. What better time to spread love and happiness to all with Christmas cheer and charity!Grand Hyatt Tokyo will be hosting their annual holiday charity program for 2020 from Nov. 13 to Dec. 25. The theme this year is “Draw You...
Savvy Tokyo
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Educating Hima: Maggie Doyne on battling poverty in Nepal
Surkhet (Nepal) (AFP) - Maggie Doyne still remembers the moment that changed her life forever. A chance encounter with six-year-old Hima, a little girl forced into manual labour to help her impoverished family, helped transform Doyne from gap-year teenager into a philanthropist on a mission. Seeing the child -- one of around a dozen -- working on a dry river bed breaking rocks, she felt compelled to act. Doyne used her savings to pay for Hima's schooling. The child was the first of hundreds of Nepali youngsters she and her team have since helped raise and teach.Kopila Valley Children's Home in...
AFP
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Bezos charity to open first preschool in US
San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said Tuesday that the first free preschool backed by his philanthropic fund will open next month to disadvantaged children in the US internet giant's home state.Bezos posted a photo of a new classroom with children's books on shelves and carpets on the floor on Instagram, saying the first Bezos Academy set to open on October 19 is just the beginning."This one in Des Moines (Washington) is the first of many free preschools that we'll be opening for underserved children," Bezos said in the post."Extra kudos to the team for figuring out how to make th...
AFP
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Bezos charity to open first preschool in US
San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon chief Jeff Bezos said Tuesday that the first free preschool backed by his philanthropic fund will open next month to disadvantaged children in the US internet giant's home state.Bezos posted a photo of a new classroom with children's books on shelves and carpets on the floor on Instagram, saying the first Bezos Academy set to open on October 19 is just the beginning."This one in Des Moines (Washington) is the first of many free preschools that we'll be opening for underserved children," Bezos said in the post."Extra kudos to the team for figuring out how to make th...
AFP
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Yoga devotee bends online search to feed the hungry
San Francisco (AFP) - Sean Kelly left the Silicon Valley startup world for a spiritual journey that led to a life filled with yoga on an island in Thailand.But as a global pandemic disrupted the global economy, Kelly and two others created a search engine with the goal of raising funds to feed the hungry in Africa, Asia and anywhere else there is need.Launched this month, Seva bills itself as the world's first independent, socially conscious search engine that lets people feed hungry children by browsing the internet."I think technology is one of the greatest enablers of both positive and nega...
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