Charity News from Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002Africare Assists Victims of Nigeria ExplosionsAfricare | Africare is providing supplies to refugees, now homeless and destitute, in the wake of the explosions in Lagos, Nigeria on January 27, 2002. With other assistance agencies that are addressing emergency food and health care needs, Africare is ... Cancer Activists Call on Congress to Make Cancer a National Priority American Cancer Society | Doubling the funding for NIH will also help secure needed investments in the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Continued investments in cancer research, research application, early detection and prevention Key priorities for the cancer community ... American Heart Association applauds President's commitment to double NIH funding in budget proposal American Heart Association | "Heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases are the nation's leading cause of death, killing almost as many Americans than the next seven leading causes of death combined. All told, nearly 62 million Americans have one or more types ... Five Leading Global Public Health Organizations Announce a New Initiative to Save Children from Measles Deaths in Africa as Part of a Global Effort to Reduce Child Mortality American Red Cross | The Measles Initiative is a US-based partnership that includes: American Red Cross, United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (... Boston Market® Frozen Meals and Larry Bird Link up to Raise Funds for Boys & Girls Clubs of America Boys & Girls Club of America | Boston Market® Frozen Meals is giving sports fans a chance to link up with a legend - Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Larry Bird - to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "Heinz and Boston Market Frozen Meals are proud to join Larry Bird's ... Severe Increase in Malnutrition in Mazlakh Camp, Afghanistan Doctors Without Borders USA | A nutritional survey conducted by the international medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders/M‚decins Sans FrontiŠres (MSF) in Mazlakh camp, near the Western Afghan city of Herat, shows a severe increase in malnutrition among thousands of ... 'Today's New International Version' (TNIV) of the Bible Focus on the Family | I am disappointed over the International Bible Society's decision to withdraw their endorsement from the Guidelines for Translation of Gender-Related Language in Scripture. Like most evangelical Christians, I want my Bible to contain an accurate ...
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