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Posted on June 25, 2012
Access to Science Education Increased for Washington State Kids, Families
SEATTLE: June 25, 2012 — Over the past three years, more than 20,000 students at 135 schools in Washington State have participated in the Science Adventure Lab program, an initiative launched by Seattle Children’s Research Institute in 2009. The program aims to improve access to high quality, hands-on science education for students. The Science Adventure Lab serves under-resourced rural and urban schools, and offers authentic laboratory experiences to students where resources and personnel to provide these activities are limited.
Now, thanks to a $1.1 million five-year grant from the National Read More “Seattle Children’s Research Institute Lands $1.1 Million NIH Grant for Science Adventure Lab”
Posted on May 25, 2012
Nonprofit Mercy Corps found corporate involvement was necessary for it to start a program serving workers on tea plantations in India.
“We could never have gained access to the tea estates without the influence of our partner Tazo,” said Rosy Choudhury, project director for a program called Community Health and Advancement Initiative (CHAI).
For 10 years, Tazo Tea — now owned by Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. — has partnered with Mercy Corps on the CHAI program to provide education, training and other services to families who live and work on the tea estates in Assam and Darjeeling.
Corporate Citizenship: Tazo’s help Read More “Corporate Citizenship: Tazo’s help gets Mercy Corps inside the gates”
Posted on May 10, 2012
Over the next few weeks, appropriators will be engaged in the challenging task of evaluating U.S. foreign assistance funding, including how effectively Congress’ global health investments are being used.
As organizations funded in part by the U.S government to implement global health programs in the field, we agree that every effort should be made to ensure that funding is used efficiently and distributed in a timely manner. But we also see firsthand how U.S. global health programs are working, and why now is not the time to cut multilateral and bilateral funding for these efforts.
Congress’ decadelong investment in improving Read More “Lyons, Coye, Miles and Stearns: Preserve Congress’ Investment in Global Health”