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By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:19 PM ET

The World Health Organization, UNICEF and GAVI Alliance aim to reduce child pneumonia deaths by 65 percent from 2000 levels. Read More

More like this in: UNICEF, Health, Children, Death, World Health Organization, Vaccines, World, Healthcare, Giving, Development

By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:47 PM ET

A payment for environmental services scheme in Vietnam benefits all involved. Read More

More like this in: Coffee, Asia, Farming, Trees, Vietnam, Fertilizer, Southeast Asia, Hydroelectric, Floods, Logging

By Marc Hertz | Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:31 PM ET

Big Blue will bolster the health care coverage of its US employees, including a new wellness incentive. Read More

More like this in: IBM, Health Care, Health Insurance, CNN (Cable News Network), Good Ideas, Healthcare, Activism, Development, Health & Fitness

By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:40 AM ET

The world's largest humanitarian and development agency is calling for more good news to be reported about the continent. Read More

More like this in: Health, Africa, Kenya, Media, Red Cross, Disasters, Red Crescent, World, Africa, Volunteerism, Activism, Development, Human Rights

By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:32 AM ET

At-risk youths are employed in a most unusual way in la Paz, Bolivia Read More

More like this in: Children, Schools, Police, Festivals, Elderly, Health Insurance, Christian Science Monitor, Bolivia

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:33 PM ET

An idealistic young doctor sets sail to provide free medical care to people who need it most. Read More

More like this in: Health, Travel, Eco-Friendly, Health Care, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Medication, Panama

By John Casey | Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:48 PM ET

The UN's anti-poverty rally turns into the biggest human gathering ever recorded. Read More

More like this in: New York, Poverty, United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, World, Volunteerism, Events, Activism, Development, Human Rights

By John Casey | Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:00 PM ET

Football player and Rhodes scholar has big plans that don't just include football. Read More

More like this in: The New York Times, Nonprofit, Football, ESPN, Bahamas, Oxford University, The New Yorker, Myron Rolle, Florida State University

By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:19 PM ET

The Iraqi journalist who targeted President Bush with his shoe wants to use his moment of "fame" to help those affected by the war in his home country. Read More

More like this in: Children, Business, Iraq, Marriage, Torture, Orphanages, Gaza, Gaza Strip

By Marc Hertz | Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:02 AM ET

Southwest Airlines introduces a test plane with environmentally friendly features. Read More

More like this in: Eco-Friendly, Travel, Environment, Activism, Development