Charity News from Thursday, Apr. 18, 2002Cancer Experts Recommend Counting Steps For PreventionAmerican Institute for Cancer Research | Because the pedometer makes you move, moving is a good antidote for overweight and obesity, and obesity increases risk of cancer in at least seven sites. In particular, obesity has been linked to breast cancer in post-menopausal women, colorectal ... Lifting the Cancer Burden American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, is taking a variety of innovative steps to help overcome these disparities. - Ensuring Native American women have access to lifesaving cancer treatment by advocating... American Red Cross CEO From New York Visits Oklahoma City to Show Solidarity with Bombing Survivors and Families American Red Cross | On the eve of the seventh anniversary of the bombing in Oklahoma City, Robert M. Bender, Jr., CEO of the American Red Cross in Greater New York, will meet with key public officials, family members, survivors and emergency personnel in Oklahoma ... Report Says Important Congressional Decisions In 2002 Could Lead To Reductions In World Hunger Bread for the World | "A Future with Hope," the twelfth annual report on the state of world hunger produced by Bread for the World Institute, finds that U.S. congressional decisions about the welfare program and a reassessment of U.S. relations with Africa and other ... Catholic Relief Services Calls for Humanitarian Corridor in Madagascar Catholic Relief Services | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today called for the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Madagascar for the delivery of medicine and food supplies to those suffering under the current crisis. Catholic Relief Services is the official relief and ... Environmental Defense Applauds House Vote on Farm Subsidy Limits, Conservation Environmental Defense | Environmental Defense today praised a U.S. House vote to support limits on farm subsidy payments to the nation's largest farms and greater funding for voluntary conservation and research programs. House and Senate negotiators are completing a $... International Activists, Experts Question World Bank Land Reform Environmental Defense | Representatives of landless people's organizations from developing nations and international experts today criticized World Bank market based land reform programs for failing to help the landless in Brazil, Thailand, South Africa and elsewhere, in... Debut of New Environmental Web Site, www.ActGlobal.org Environmental Defense | At a news conference on the failure of World Bank land reforms, Environmental Defense today unveiled its new Web site, www.ActGlobal.org, which provides in-depth coverage of ecological and social issues worldwide for activists, journalists and ...
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