Global Connections
Inaugural Global Entrepreneurs Council Helps Take the UN Foundation to New Levels
February 8, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
Humans are capable of incredible innovation. Today we can land a rover on Mars, take a class without stepping into a classroom, and instantaneously talk to someone on the other side of the globe.
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Malala’s Message to the World
February 5, 2013 BY Imali Bandara
Along with her father, a longtime champion of girls’ education and newly-appointed to the UN’s Special Envoy on Global Education, Malala manages to see beyond the tragedy and is optimistic about her future and that of children everywhere.
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Bill Gates Goes Bold on Measurement
January 30, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
This year at the United Nations Foundation we have been focusing on the idea of “Going Bold”, inspired largely by our founder and chairman Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to work toward the goals of the UN. We cannot have this conversation without including the work and impact that Bill Gates has made through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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What will people power change next?
January 18, 2013 BY Aaron Sherinian
Follow our live Twitter coverage of a special session on technology, social media, and mass-participation on Thursday, January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Coming Together for Haiti
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
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POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
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CAMPAIGNS & INITIATIVES
February 8, 2013 BY Kathy Calvin
Humans are capable of incredible innovation. Today we can land a rover on Mars, take a class without stepping into a classroom, and instantaneously talk to someone on the other side of the globe.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: #SGSGlobal, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, Social Good
Malala’s Message to the World
February 5, 2013 BY Imali Bandara
Along with her father, a longtime champion of girls’ education and newly-appointed to the UN’s Special Envoy on Global Education, Malala manages to see beyond the tragedy and is optimistic about her future and that of children everywhere.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
Bill Gates Goes Bold on Measurement
January 30, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
This year at the United Nations Foundation we have been focusing on the idea of “Going Bold”, inspired largely by our founder and chairman Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to work toward the goals of the UN. We cannot have this conversation without including the work and impact that Bill Gates has made through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, Social Good
What will people power change next?
January 18, 2013 BY Aaron Sherinian
Follow our live Twitter coverage of a special session on technology, social media, and mass-participation on Thursday, January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: #SGSGlobal, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, Smart Ideas, Social Good
Coming Together for Haiti
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
February 5, 2013 BY Imali Bandara
Along with her father, a longtime champion of girls’ education and newly-appointed to the UN’s Special Envoy on Global Education, Malala manages to see beyond the tragedy and is optimistic about her future and that of children everywhere.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
Bill Gates Goes Bold on Measurement
January 30, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
This year at the United Nations Foundation we have been focusing on the idea of “Going Bold”, inspired largely by our founder and chairman Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to work toward the goals of the UN. We cannot have this conversation without including the work and impact that Bill Gates has made through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, Social Good
What will people power change next?
January 18, 2013 BY Aaron Sherinian
Follow our live Twitter coverage of a special session on technology, social media, and mass-participation on Thursday, January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: #SGSGlobal, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, Smart Ideas, Social Good
Coming Together for Haiti
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
January 30, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
This year at the United Nations Foundation we have been focusing on the idea of “Going Bold”, inspired largely by our founder and chairman Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift to work toward the goals of the UN. We cannot have this conversation without including the work and impact that Bill Gates has made through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, Social Good
What will people power change next?
January 18, 2013 BY Aaron Sherinian
Follow our live Twitter coverage of a special session on technology, social media, and mass-participation on Thursday, January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: #SGSGlobal, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, Smart Ideas, Social Good
Coming Together for Haiti
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
January 18, 2013 BY Aaron Sherinian
Follow our live Twitter coverage of a special session on technology, social media, and mass-participation on Thursday, January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: #SGSGlobal, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, Smart Ideas, Social Good
Coming Together for Haiti
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
January 11, 2013 BY Sarah Wade
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. With support from millions of individuals around the world, a host of institutions and organizations -- the UN and the UN Foundation among them -- reached out to help the Haitian government with the difficult process of recovering and rebuilding.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground, United Nations
Q&A: How India Stopped Polio
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
January 11, 2013 BY Eric Porterfield
Every year from about 2006 to 2009 India was faced with over 500 polio cases. But, in 2009, some new initiatives were introduced that looked at narrowing in on population segments that were being missed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
