Italian judge throws out case against migrant NGOs after seven years
Rome, Italy Reuters An Italian judge on Friday cleared three migrant sea rescue charities that had been accused of abetting irregular immigration in complicity with human traffickers, throwing out a case opened more than seven years ago. A pre-trial judge in Trapani, Sicily, said there were no grounds to proceed against international charities Doctors Without […]
Books: Finding the right candidate for your Christian ministry
DAVID ADAMS finds ‘Hire Right, First Time’ a practical and useful guide to the hiring process…
Essay: How ChatGPT might be able to help the world’s poorest and the organisations that work with them
SHYAMA V RAMANI and MAXIMILLIAN BRUDER, of United Nations University, look – in an article published on The Conversation – at how AI systems could be used to help overcome obstacles to local economic development…
Essay: Why the growing number of foreign agent laws around the world is bad for democracy
MAXIM KRUPSKIY, a visiting scholar at Tufts University’s Russia and Eurasia Program, writes – in an article first publiushed on The Conversation – about the danger of foreign agent laws…
Aid groups resume some Afghan operations with female healthworkers
Reuters Several aid organisations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban-run authorities that women could work in areas such as health, in spite of restrictions last month barring female NGO workers. The International Rescue Committee, Save the Children and CARE said this week they were again operating some programs, mostly […]
Save the Children, others suspend Afghanistan efforts after Taliban bar on female staff
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programs in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban-run administration’s order to stop female employees from working. The administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations not to let female staff work until further notice. It […]
Essay: Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa’s order
KELSEY MARTIN-MORALES and MATTHEW WILSON, of the University of South Carolina, say the situation in Nicaragua is emblemaic of a global trend in which autocrats are targeting NGOs…
Nicaragua shuts down more than two dozen NGOs critical of Ortega
Managua, Nicaragua Reuters Nicaragua’s parliament, controlled by allies of President Daniel Ortega, on Wednesday shut down 25 non-governmental organizations in a move slammed by the opposition as a further attack on civil society. The organisations, many of which have publicly criticised the government, were closed by Congress with 74 votes in favour and 15 abstentions. […]
From ‘cow banks’ to ‘secret believers’: Christian and other charities launch Christmas 2021 gift catalogues
PETA MCCARTNEY takes a look at how your Christmas giving can impact the wider world in a positive way this year…
Essay: What the 100 non-profits that raised the most money in 2020 indicate about charity today
SHARIQ SIDDIQUI, DAVID CAMPBELL and MIRAE KIM, three scholars of philanthropy and non-profits, weigh in on The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the 100 non-profits that garnered the most funding through charitable donations in the US in 2020…