Posted on December 21, 2011
Paula Clapp, one of Seattle’s leading global philanthropists, is venturing into new territory.
After nearly two decades of focusing with her husband, Bill, on international charity work, she’s partnering with a group of women to start her first nonprofit in Seattle.
The project is Stolen Youth, a fundraising entity to help children and teens who have been forced into prostitution escape that life.
Clapp and her 10 partners formed StolenYouth to raise money for Bridge Program, a pilot project for sexually exploited youth whose government and foundation funding is soon to expire.
“That’s what I’m doing in 2012”, she said, Read More “Paula Clapp Part Of New Drive To Aid Exploited Youth”
Posted on December 6, 2011
Margarita Quintanilla is Nicaragua country program leader for the Seattle-based health organization PATH, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s largest grantee in Seattle. Her office has grown to 15 people, now working to improve the welfare of women, introduce health technology and build bridges between that work and supporters here in the Northwest.
FATIMA DEL ROSARIO Gonzalez Polanco sits alone in the back of a taxi for the bumpy ride to the hospital here in La Dalia, a small mountain town in the highlands of central Nicaragua.
As the driver maneuvers through the town’s bustling marketplace, Fatima wants to call Read More “It Takes More Than Villages To Keep Mothers Safe”
Posted on November 9, 2011
Mayor McGinn proclaimed Monday Nov 1 “Global Action Day” in the City of Seattle, to raise awareness of the size and impact of the global health and development sector in Seattle and Washington State. This day coincided with Global Washington’s 3rd Annual Conference, “Opportunities and Obstacles in Turbulent Times”. Mayor McGinn provided opening remarks at the event. Read More “Global Washington Raises Awareness Of Global Health And Development Work”