Charity News from Monday, Aug. 14, 2000

American Jewish Committee Criticizes Farrakhan's Remarks on Lieberman
American Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee today sharply criticized Louis Farrakhan's questioning of Senator Joseph Lieberman's vice presidential candidacy. "It is simply obscene that at the beginning of the 21st century anyone could possibly suggest that a ...

As Presidential Candidates Square Off, Children Go Hungry
Bread for the World | But hunger still threatens more than 12 million U.S. children. According to recently released government data, 17 percent of all U.S. children live in households that experience hunger or are threatened by hunger.

Center for Victims (CVT) of Torture Applauds United Nations' Creation of War Crimes Tribunal in Sierra Leone
Center for the Victims of Torture | "We must ensure that further steps are taken to guarantee care and rehabilitative treatment for survivors of torture," cautions the nation's leading torture victims' treatment facility. The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), the nation's oldest...

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Funds Breakthrough Research
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | (SPRINGFIELD, NJ) - The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) announced today that leading researchers in the field of spinal cord injury have developed the first successful procedure to convert cultured bone marrow stem cells exclusively ...

 

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