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- PRESS RELEASE: Pat Garcia-Gonzalez Receives Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Control Award by UICC
- Pat Garcia-Gonzalez Joins Shortlist of Nominees for UICC’s Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Control Award
- PRESS RELEASE: Oxfam Reaction to Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Submission for FDA Approval
2020
- PRESS RELEASE: Adara Development appoints Madeline Vaughan as new CEO
- PRESS RELEASE: Sultan Latif has joined Save the Children as Director of the Humanitarian Climate Crisis Unit (HCCU)
- Statement from Global Washington Executive Director, Kristen Dailey, on the passing of Bill Gates Sr.
- PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: Children From Poorest Households Had Greatest Financial and Education Loss, Highest Risk of Violence at Home
- PRESS RELEASE: Americares Responds to COVID-19 Surge in Peru
- PRESS RELEASE: Mercy Corps Names Tjada D’Oyen McKenna Chief Executive Officer
- PRESS RELEASE: Americares Responds to Explosion in Beirut
- Black Lives Matter
- 40+ Global Washington members registered for GiveBIG 2020
- PRESS RELEASE: Called to Action: Future of Fish responds to COVID-19
- PRESS RELEASE: World Concern Announces New President
- PRESS RELEASE: The Starbucks Foundation Donates More Than $3M to Global COVID-19 Relief Efforts
- DECCAN HERALD: Uber partners with Breakthrough to launch campaign on violence against women
- PRESS RELEASE: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $10 Million to Global Response to 2019-nCOV
- GEEKWIRE: Microsoft pledges to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, launches $1B Climate Innovation Fund
- FORBES: Can Bicycles Relieve Poverty? World Bicycle Relief Says Yes
- PRESS RELEASE: Americares Responds to Puerto Rico Earthquake
2019
- PRESS RELEASE: PATH names Mr. Nikolaj Gilbert as President and CEO
- PRESS RELEASE: Americares Expands Health Clinics for Venezuelans in Colombia
- PRESS RELEASE: World Vision Launches Chosen™, Ushers in a New Era of Child Sponsorship
- PRESS RELEASE: Bloodworks Northwest Names New President and CEO
- Opinion: We have only one planet, and it is speaking to us
- Americares Responds to Cyclone Fani
- Blocked From Safety: Unaccompanied Children Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Americares Responds to Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Medical Visits Surge Along Venezuelan Border
- Congressional Tribute To Mercy Corps Founder, Dan O’Neill
- Americares Deploys Response Team to Mozambique
- Americares Responds to Tropical Cyclone Idai
- WaterAid featured in the Economist Special Report on Water Scarcity
- Crosscut (Opinion): To solve WA’s measles epidemic, look to Africa
2018
- One Civilian is Dying Every Three Hours in Yemen Fighting – Oxfam
- Patrick Sikana Joins VillageReach as Vice President
- Mercy Corps: Climate Change is the Ultimate ‘Threat Multiplier’
- Pat Garcia-Gonzalez Wins UICC’s CEO Award
- CARE Responds to Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia
- Americares Responds to Indonesia Earthquake
- Global Impact Honored with 2018 Board Leadership Award
- Americares Delivers $2 Million in Aid for Syria
- WaterAid Receives $4.2 Million Grant from PepsiCo Foundation
- Outright Reacts to the United States Withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council
- Starbucks Supports Guatemala Volcano Relief Efforts and Invites Customers to Donate via Mobile App
- World Vision U.S. names Edgar Sandoval as New President
- USAID awards VillageReach $14.7 million for Last Mile Supply Chain Project
- Oxfam America Announces Fatema Z. Sumar as New Vice President of Global Programs
- United Nations Establishes Tableau as Visual Analytics Standard, Streamlines Global Adoption of Platform
- William H. Gates Sr. to Receive the Roy L. Prosterman Humanitarian Award
- One By One and Worldwide Fistula Fund Combine To Stop Fistula and Other Devastating Childbirth Injuries
- Celebrating Jim Parke
- Lewis G. Zirkle, MD, Receives Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, Presented by Secretary of Defense James Mattis
- International Rescue Committee Announces Job Training Program for Refugees in Germany
- Seattle International Foundation Names José Arturo Aguilar as Executive Director
2017
- Q&A: Dr Alaa Murabit on Pushing the SDGs Alongside Messi and Shakira
- Q&A: Global Impact Chief on How and Where US Workers Give to Charity
- As Global Disasters Strain Financial Resources, Tech Companies Reassess Their ‘Super Powers’
- How to Defend Aid In The Trump Era: Try National Security, Business, and Faith
- Emily Bancroft Named President of VillageReach
- Fundación MAPFRE Partnership Helps Develop Global Leaders
- World Vision, Save the Children chiefs: Let’s press pause on our national bickering and save lives together
- We’ve Made Great Strides in the Fight Against Global Hunger. So Why Are Millions at Risk of Starvation?
- Mercy Corps Tells Congress Urgent Action Is Needed In Four Famine-Threatened Countries
- Hunger Pushes Over 20 Million People to the Brink of Starvation: U.S. Charities Urgently Ask America to Take Action
- Welcome from the Incoming CEO Of Adara Development, Debbie Lester
2016
- Grameen Foundation and Freedom from Hunger Join Forces to Form a Unified Global Organization
- Op-Ed: Refugee Reality Check
- Medical Teams International Appoints New CEO
- 24 Financial Ventures Changing the World Through Social Impact Investing
- Cervical Cancer: A Map of Inequity
- Microsoft Refines Giving Strategy
- After the Earthquake: One Year Later
- Program-Related Investments Crowd in Capital to Catalyze Global Solutions
- Letting (Some of) India’s Women Own Land
- Ginna Brelsford’s Cool Job Providing Education to Afghan Girls
- World Bicycle Relief Named One of The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2016 in Africa
2015
- Sustainable Health Solutions for People Living in Poverty in Latin America
- Nonprofit with Land Rights Project in India Wins Humanitarian Award
- Global Partnerships on New Day Northwest
- International Foster Care Alliance [IFCA] To Be Recognized as an Angel in Adoption™ at National Event in Washington, D.C.
- Seattle Humanitarian Group Removing Bombs, Planting Trees in Vietnam
- Seattle company working to do good with ‘experteering’
- Earthquake Disaster 2015 in Nepal
- Why I Volunteer as a CEO
- This Charity Wants to Provide Clean Water for Impoverished Children, and then Disappear
- Activists Launch Campaign to Fight Power of Richest 1%
- On This International Women’s Day, Let’s Recognize the Value of Investing in Women and Girls
- An Adventure With A Cause: PhotoPhilanthropy with Landesa in India
- Impact Investor Global Partnerships Invests in Solar to Connect the Poor With Light
- Rainn Wilson’s Passion for Helping Empower Young People
- Push to Make Haiti an E-Cash Economy Fell Far Short
2014
- KUOW’s Ross Reynolds Interviews Global Washington Member One By One’s Carolyn Anderman about Obstetric Fistula
- Depriving Women Farmers of Land Rights Will Set Back China
- MovingWorlds Opens Platform to Connect Skilled Volunteers with Opportunities Worldwide
- Ebola Crisis: UNICEF in Action
- Startling amount of violence faced by children – UNICEF report
- Martin Coles – CEO – HaloSource
- The Ethics of Innovation
- Malawi: BuildOn to Improve Education Standards in Malawi
- Guest: Life for Children on the Other Side of the Border
- Mission Africa on Rainmakers TV
- Group Takes Free Medicare to Abia Community
- Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry
- More Indians Than Ever Before Live Healthy, Productive Lives: Bill Gates
- NGO to Prepare Draft Land Policy for Telangana State
- Op/Ed: Hospital of the Future Will Be a Health Delivery Network
- Philanthropy the ‘Go-to Partner for Risk’
- 8 Inspiring Selfies from the Philippines
- BRIGHT SIDE: Helping Girls Everywhere
- Book Trust Donates Books to Library Board
- UW Tied for Second in Number of Peace Corps Volunteers
- UNICEF Bridge Fund Receives Long-term Financial Commitment from Mariner Investment Group
- Why Syria Needs George Clooney
2013
- The Eradicator
- Global Health is Our Health
- Political Gridlock Is No Reason to Give Up
- Save the Children Brings Hope to Syrians
- Global Farms Race: Opportunity to Improve Land Governance
- First comprehensive regulatory map is a blueprint for how to defeat tuberculosis
- Op-Ed: Planned Parenthood in the Dominican Republic
- Jozlyn Pelk selected as first Seattle Ambassador
- Summer guide for Washington’s global kids
- The International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia: Q & A with Haddis Tadesse
- Seattle’s GiveBIG seeks collaboration amid the competitive chaos of our day of giving
- Seattle’s fight against fistulas around the world
- Local Focus To Solve the World’s Problems
- Construction for Change: Marines to Engineer Hope in the Solomon Islands
- The Globalist guide to high school study abroad programs
- Seattle’s Landesa aims to help rural girls in India
- HEAL Africa: Empowerment in the Ashes of Conflict
- Report: International Education is Essential to Washington State’s Global Economy
- Global Washington Launches Worldwide Education Initiative
- Celebrating International Women’s day with a local non-profit
- Fast new test could find leprosy before damage is lasting
- IDRI president and founder Steve Reed recognized
2012
- Seattle Children’s Research Institute appoints new director for tissue and cell sciences research
- Seattle NGOs asked to do something incredible: work together
- Seattle pushes women’s rights & private sector to fight poverty
- Interview with Global Washington: Convening the Sector for Collective Action
- Tuberculosis vaccine candidate to prevent disease enters clinical testing
- IDRI and Medicago Announce FDA Authorization to Initiate a Phase 1 Clinical Trial for an H5N1 Vaccine with GLA Adjuvant
- The Best Gift You Can Give Your Employees
- Seattle Children’s Research Institute Lands $1.1 Million NIH Grant for Science Adventure Lab
- Corporate Citizenship: Tazo’s help gets Mercy Corps inside the gates
- Lyons, Coye, Miles and Stearns: Preserve Congress’ Investment in Global Health
- Jefferson Award winner has built 12 schools in war-torn Sierra Leone
- Geena Davis speaks in Seattle on women in the media
- Geena Davis in Seattle, calls for the ‘next women’s movement’
- Global comprehension is the key to global competition
- Jolkona In The News
2011
- Questions For: Bill And Paula Clapp, Co-Founders, Seattle International Foundation
- Paula Clapp Part Of New Drive To Aid Exploited Youth
- It Takes More Than Villages To Keep Mothers Safe
- Global Washington Raises Awareness Of Global Health And Development Work
- The Modest Heroine Of The 2011 Opus Prize: Lyn Lusi
- IN PERSON Questions For: Bookda Gheisar Executive Director Of Global Washington
- Washington State’s Most Important Export: Hope
- Global Development As A Vital Export: Changing Lives, Creating Opportunity
- Global Partnerships Makes First Investments In Colombia
- A(nother) Guy Named Bill Creating Seattle’s Do-Gooder Community
- Global Partnerships Named To List Of Top 50 Impact Investment Fund Managers
- Microloan Crisis Prompts Questions
- U.S. Foreign Aid Is Not A Luxury But A Critical Investment In Global Stability
- Girls In The Spotlight: A Lesson From Rwanda
- Young Biz Entrepreneurs Compete For Social Good
- Afghan Disabled Cricket Team Proves Ability
2010
- Heavy Bombing Campaign In Lao Leaves Scars, Live Munitions
- Want Global Security From Terrorists? Give Land To Pakistan’s Poor
- Local Diversity Drives Global Impact (OP-ED)
- Global Partnerships Closes $20 Million Fund Aimed At “Microfinance Plus”
- Village Reach Announces National Expansion Of Last Mile Health Program In Mozambique
- Local Organizations Weigh In On Global Summit Failures
- Ultra Rice: Whatcom County Invention Holds Hope For Health
- Puget Sound Investors Realize Social And Financial Returns From Microfinance Investment Fund
- Seattle Non-Profit Recommends Strategy For Improving U.S. Foreign Aid Efficacy
- Global Washington Releases Recommendations For Improving U.S. Global Development Efforts
- Global Washington Releases Recommendations For Improving U.S. Global Development Efforts
- Local Organizations Weigh In On Global Summit Failures
- Unitus Redirects Efforts From Non-Profit Microfinance Acceleration Toward A Broader Array Of Social Ventures
- Seattle Times Examines Reaction To G8 Summit Commitments, Upcoming ‘Global Washington’ Recommendations For U.S. Foreign Assistance Reform
- Seattle International Foundation Message
- Local Organizations Weigh In On Global Summit Failures
- Global Health Series Gets Go-Ahead
- Grameen Foundation To Compete For A $200,000 Unrestricted Grant
- Update On Haiti Donations And Events
- Seattle-Area Groups Working In Haiti
2009
- Global Development From The “Other Washington”
- Some Of Seattle’s Heavy Hitters Turn Out For State Dept. Session
- Global Washington Holds First Annual ‘Blueprint For Action’ Conference At Microsoft
- World Aid Experts Told: Think Local
- More On Crowdsourcing: Ideas For Philanthropy And Development
- Making A Case For Foreign Aid
- Senators Seek Global Sector’s Input
- Global Sector, American Recovery
- Global Washington Debates How To Redefine Development
- Local Money, Global Food Fight