U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced that he’ll donate his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money among several charities, including $200,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and $250,000 to Fisher House, which provides housing to families of patients at military medical centers.
“These organisations do extraordinary work in the United States and abroad helping students, veterans and countless others in need,” Mr. Obama said.
“I’m proud to support their work,” he said in a statement.
Mr. Obama said the Central Asia Institute would receive $100,000. The institute promotes and supports community-based education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Institute’s co-founder, Greg Mortenson, was also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee this year, whose book, ‘Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time’, recounts his attempt to successfully establish dozens of schools and promote girl education in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Among other organizations to receive Obama’s Noble money include $125,000 to College Summit, which is a national non-profit organisation that partners with elementary and middle schools and school districts to strengthen college-going culture and increase college enrollment rates, so that all students graduate from high school career and college-ready, the White House said in a statement.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Internet nominated for 2010 Nobel
The Internet, which has virtually revolutionised the world, has been nominated for the '2010 Nobel Peace Prize'.
The Internet was proposed by the Italian edition of the popular 'Wired' magazine for promoting "dialogue, debate and consensus through communication" as well as democracy, the media reported.
Premier endorsers of Internet for Nobel Peace Prize nomination include 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and famous Italian surgeon, known for his contributions to breast cancer treatments, Umberto Veronesi.
'Wired Italy' has also launched a dedicated campaign, 'Internet for Peace', which will carry on till September 2010, featuring different stories and experiences of those who with the web have tried to do something concrete to promote peace and harmony in the world.
"We have to look at the Internet as a huge community where men and women from all over the world and with very different religious views can communicate and sympathise, spreading a new culture centred on collaboration and sharing of knowledge that breaks all barriers.
"For this reason, the Internet can be considered the first weapon of mass construction, which we can deploy to destroy hate and conflict and propagate peace and democracy. "What happened in Iran after the latest election and the role the web played in spreading information that would otherwise have been censored, are only the newest examples of how the Internet can become a weapon of global hope," Riccardo Luna, Editor of 'Wired Italy', said at the launch.
The Internet was proposed by the Italian edition of the popular 'Wired' magazine for promoting "dialogue, debate and consensus through communication" as well as democracy, the media reported.
Premier endorsers of Internet for Nobel Peace Prize nomination include 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and famous Italian surgeon, known for his contributions to breast cancer treatments, Umberto Veronesi.
'Wired Italy' has also launched a dedicated campaign, 'Internet for Peace', which will carry on till September 2010, featuring different stories and experiences of those who with the web have tried to do something concrete to promote peace and harmony in the world.
"We have to look at the Internet as a huge community where men and women from all over the world and with very different religious views can communicate and sympathise, spreading a new culture centred on collaboration and sharing of knowledge that breaks all barriers.
"For this reason, the Internet can be considered the first weapon of mass construction, which we can deploy to destroy hate and conflict and propagate peace and democracy. "What happened in Iran after the latest election and the role the web played in spreading information that would otherwise have been censored, are only the newest examples of how the Internet can become a weapon of global hope," Riccardo Luna, Editor of 'Wired Italy', said at the launch.
