Day: 21 August 2019

WaterAid and Twinings join forces for healthier, happier tea plantation communities

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid and tea company Twinings have joined forces to transform the lives of 4,000 people in Darjeeling through access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. The new partnership will provide these basic needs to communities and schools in all 30 villages across two tea estates in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India, over the next two years. Funded by the £220,000 donation from Twinings, WaterAid will ensure all 30 villages have a well-maintained piped water supply system that protects the springs from contamination and provides clean, easily…

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Kellogg Company Collaborates With Partners to Fight Summer Hunger

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly all (six out of seven) U.S. children who eat a free or reduced-price lunch at school don’t have access to the same nutritious meals during the summer and even fewer have access to breakfast. To fight summer hunger, Kellogg and its charitable funds are partnering with United Way Worldwide, No Kid Hungry and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), supporting programs that increase access to food for kids in need when school is out. These summer-meal sites are a lifeline for low-income families who otherwise spend an extra $316 per month…

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Launch Code After School Announces Equity Crowdfunding Campaign to Fund Expansion of Kids’ Coding Education

Stuart Mitchell

Launch Code After School is on a mission to create leaders through computer science education for kids — leaders who will fill the growing programming skills gap and the shortage of trained engineers needed to innovate our changing world. Launch is thrilled to announce that customers and community members can join the mission through an equity crowdfunding campaign. Launch has partnered with SeedInvest, a leading investment platform that only accepts the top 1% of startups. Crowdfunding allows anyone to be an investor, instead of only the wealthiest 2%. “The team…

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Volunteers of Atento Contribute to Unicef´s Fundraising Campaign “Un Sol Para Los Chicos” in Argentina

Stuart Mitchell

Atento S.A., the leading provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing services (CRM/BPO) in Latin America, and one of the top five providers worldwide, managed calls through its volunteer employees to raise funds for UNICEF in the “Un Sol para los Chicos” program. Atento’s volunteers contributed to raise more than $2 million USD in the 2019 edition of this campaign, that happened on Saturday, August 10. Atento´s participation took place with more than 1,000 volunteer employees answering calls from the customer relationship centers that the Company has in…

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PCOS Challenge National Campaign Comes to Los Angeles to Bring Attention to Women’s Health Epidemic

Stuart Mitchell

Advocates, supporters, community leaders, celebrities and healthcare providers join PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association to launch PCOS awareness effort in Los Angeles as part of an 11-city national campaign on Saturday, August 17th. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a serious genetic, hormone, metabolic and reproductive disorder that affects up to 15 percent of women in the U.S. It is one of the most critical, under-diagnosed and underfunded areas of health. PCOS can lead to lifelong complications including depression, infertility, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver…

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