The Guardian: Family planning groups in developing countries set for Bloomberg boost
March 27, 2014
Grassroots organisations are to share in a multi-million dollar project to improve family planning and reproductive health services for women and girls in Africa and Latin America.
Groups in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nicaragua will be able to apply for advocacy grants as part of a three-pillar, $50m (£30m) package to support family planning services. The scheme was announced on Thursday by Bloomberg Philanthropies, set up by Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York.
Read moreThe New York Times: Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word
March 25, 2014
Here in Providence, where more than 85 percent of public school students are eligible for federally subsidized lunches and two-thirds of public school kindergartners are behind in recognizing basic language sounds or identifying letters in print, officials see Providence Talks as just one part of a larger educational strategy. It is being funded by a $5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, and officials hope that they can eventually secure some public funding.
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal: Bloomberg Giving Becoming More Global
February 26, 2014
In launching a program to provide child care, a playpen—or both—to some 80,000 Bangladeshi children ages 1 to 4, the foundation is pursuing a low-cost solution that could be scaled up after a two-year trial. The idea came from program officers currently working on another Bloomberg project to reduce tobacco use in Bangladesh.
Read moreThe Atlantic: Bloomberg’s New Plan: Save the Ocean, Feed the World
February 4, 2014
The Bloomberg project to “save the oceans and feed the world” is called the Vibrant Oceans Initiative. Over the next five years, Bloomberg Philanthropies is going to dole out $53 million to three organizations to fund specific fisheries reforms in Brazil, Chile, and the Philippines. The three organizations—Oceana, Rare, and EKO Asset Management—are all based in the U.S.
Read moreThe Financial Times: Bloomberg Philanthropies grants $53m to combat chronic overfishing
January 28, 2014
Michael Bloomberg’s fondness for fish is already well known thanks to the luminous tropical fish tanks that dot the offices of the billionaire’s sprawling global media empire.
The former New York City mayor is about to go a step further, however, with a $53m grant from his Bloomberg Philanthropies foundation to combat the chronic overfishing some experts say is threatening the world’s fish supply.
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