Gospel for Asia joins with humanitarian and faith-based organizations on August 19 to observe the annual World Humanitarian Day. First observed by the United Nations in 2009, each year since 2010, the annual observation has focused on a particular theme. The theme for World Humanitarian Day 2019 is #WomenHumanitarians. The focus this year is on… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Non Profit & Charity
Gospel for Asia Supported Churches Caught in Monsoon Flooding
While the Chennai state is plagued by drought, other parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh are enduring the annual monsoon season. Many are fleeing their homes and villages for safer ground. By 23 July, in Bangladesh alone, over 700,000 people had been displaced. More than a million people across the three countries have been forced… Read more »
New York City-Based Puerto Rican Organizers Will Hold the First Boricua Popular Assembly at City Hall Park Row Plaza
A collective of New York City-based Puerto Rican organizers and individuals will hold a general assembly Saturday, August 17, 2019 unveiling an agenda to support Puerto Ricans on the island. Focused on the key demands expressed at previous assemblies, the New York version of the ‘asamblea del pueblo’ aims to support Boricuas on the island… Read more »
Isaiah House, Inc. Has Secured Nearly $3M in Federal Funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) has awarded Isaiah House Inc. (Zammeah Bivins-Gibson, Executive Director) a 5-year federal grant for nearly $3M to implement the Community Creche Expansion Program (CCEP) to serve low incomepregnant and postpartum women with substance abuse disorder in Essex County, NJ…. Read more »
Angela LaChica To Give Keynote Presentation at 2019 Sports Philanthropy World Congress
Sports Philanthropy Network is excited to announce that Angela LaChica will give the keynote lunch presentation at the Sports Philanthropy World Congress in Chicago, Illinois on August 9, 2019. LaChica will speak on her efforts with LaChica Sports & Entertainment Group and her current role with the Players Coalition and their fight for social justice. During… Read more »
