Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. The people you see on Kiva’s site are real individuals. When you browse entrepreneurs’ profiles on Kiva, choose someone to lend to, and [...]
History and Principles Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or [...]
Bringing an End to World Hunger Through Unimaginable Blessings Today, millions of people who were once hungry will be nourished by milk, eggs and fresh vegetables. Families who for generations knew only poverty will be building new homes and starting businesses. Children who once headed out to the fields to do backbreaking work will be [...]
St. Jude covers the cost of everything—food, travel and lodging for patients and a family member. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. In 2009, Parents magazine named St. Jude [...]
1% for the Planet is a growing global movement of companies that donate 1% of their sales to a network of environmental organizations worldwide.
After months of tardy response, applications for US H-1B visas for highly skilled workers coveted by Indian professionals have reached the Congress-mandated cap of 65,000, thanks to a sudden spurt in the last couple of months. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday announced that it has received a sufficient number of applications [...]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS): Hollywood studios seem hell bent on carving a niche in India. Despite collaborations such as Saawariya”, “Chandni Chowk To China” and “Roadside Romeo” biting the dust at the box office, US-based production houses are willing to invest in Bollywood projects because it will help them find a firm foothold here. [...]
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will be releasing Aamir Khan’s award-winning film “Like Stars On Earth” (Taare Zameen Par), its first-ever Hindi language release, on DVD on Jan 12 next year. The critically-acclaimed film that won numerous Filmfare and Screen Awards and was selected to be India’s official submission to the [...]
James Cameron’s Avatar took in almost Rs seven crores (approximately $1.5 million) on its opening day in India and theatres have run at almost 100 percent over the weekend. So this could easily be one of the top grossing 2009/2010 Hollywood films to be released in India. At the moment the honors go to these [...]
A significant part of James Cameron’s mega epic Avatar, with a budget of over $230 million (nearly Rs 1,100 crore) — the most expensive Hollywood movie ever made — has been brought to life by an Indian visual effects (VFX) company — Prime Focus. The company earned $4 million (over Rs 18 crore) from a [...]