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We are proud to announce that this year we have received a record number of 55 nominations across the 5 Charles Rooking Carter Community Awards categories. The Charles Rooking Carter Community Awards was created by the Carterton District Council in 1994 to ...

Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 5:27 pm New Zealand Red Cross hosts a ‘Taste of Cultures’ - 27 May 2021 New Zealand Red Cross is hosting a limited ticket event in Auckland this month, to celebrate Kiwis from refugee backgrounds. The evening will showcase different cuisines and cultures, with a bespoke three-course meal, music, dance, performances and presentations from world-class speakers in the Atrium, within Spark Arena. ‘Taste of Cultures’ aims to raise awareness about the contribution ref...

MTSU aerospace maintenance management seniors benefit from ‘scholarship’ training May 04, 2021 at 07:29 pm by WGNS MTSU seniors Wagdy Hanna, left, and Logan Knight discuss topics related to a jet engine they are training on in the Flight Operations Center maintenance hangar at Murfreesboro Airport. They are among five MTSU students who received National Business Aviation Administration Charities scholarships to attend out-of-state training for up to two weeks during th...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 3:30 pm Kaibosh Food Rescue have launched their annual May fundraising campaign with an ambitious goal of raising the funds to provide 100,000 meals for Kiwis who can’t afford enough healthy food to eat. ‘Give a Meal in May / Haratua Takoha Kai’ asks people to donate to Kaibosh what they would normally spend on a meal out. Kaibosh provides quality surplus food to over 100 different organisations including soup kitchens, marae, foodbanks, residential facilities and o...

Monday, 3 May 2021, 1:48 pm Cystic Fibrosis NZ is calling on the New Zealand public to help “give a future” for Kiwis with cystic fibrosis (CF) by supporting its annual appeal which runs from 1-31 May 2021. Living with CF is tough, time-consuming, and an emotional rollercoaster. It doesnt get easier for those affected. Life-saving medications such as Trikafta are still not funded in New Zealand, severely impacting both quality and length of life. There is no cure, and only half of those w...

May 03, 2021 NEOM employees work with local charities to prepare food baskets for families during Ramadan. NEOM — As part of a comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, NEOM has launched a volunteer initiative to support local families during the holy month of Ramadan, in collaboration with Al Bir Charity and Haqal Charity, both in Tabuk. Over recent weeks, NEOM employees have volunteered to support the two local charities, by packing and distributing fo...

He also made 200 doctors and nurses laugh this weekend. Mumbai: Stand-up comic and actor Vir Das announced on Monday that he has raised about Rs 7 lakh for charity, apart from entertaining 200 doctors and nurses over the weekend. "Very happy to announce we raised about 7 lakhs for both our charities, and also made 200 doctors and nurses laugh this weekend. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets. We will make sure the money gets to those who need it. #VirDasAtHome," Vir tweeted. Last month, he...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 5:05 pm Tearfund’s CEO Ian McInnes says while New Zealand’s Covid-19 situation is looking positive, we cannot turn a blind eye to the rest of the world. In the past 24 hours India has recorded more than 360,000 Covid-19 cases, with India reaching a grim milestone of 200,000 deaths. 18 million people have been infected by Covid-19 in India, since the pandemic began. Since April 15th India has on average, had over 300,000 new cases per day and over 2,000 Covid-19 rel...

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Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 1:51 pm World Vision India is responding to requests from the Indian government for medical equipment and PPE, as well as for help raising awareness about COVID-19 and vaccinations. A second wave of COVID-19 is causing chaos across India, with both public and private hospitals full, and supplies of drugs and oxygen running dangerously low. Franklin Jones, the head of Humanitarian Emergency Affairs for World Vision India says “The most worrying thing for all of us is t...