GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Foreign Affairs

Farmers in Rwanda are working to improve their methods in a crucial effort to reclaim the land. Beginning with 40 farmers in Kenya, the One Acre Fund is now working with nearly 30,000 farmers in both Kenya and Rwanda to reverse the rampant soil depletion and erosion with improved seeds, fertilizer and water management techniques. The prospects for increased crop yields are promising if not yet reality.

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Featuring One Acre Fund, a grantee of Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Boston Globe

Hubie Jones founded the Boston Children’s Chorus in 2003 with 30 students and has seen it grow to more than 400 singers. He is particularly proud of the group’s annual Martin Luther King Day concert.

At age 67 Jones has added another honor to a long list of achievements.  He is one of ten 2010 recipients chosen from 1,500 nominees of the nationally-recognized Purpose Prize.

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Featuring the Boston Children’s Chorus, a grantee of the A. C. Ratshesky Foundation, the Schrafft Charitable Trust and the Ludcke Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: PBS NewsHour

NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman has the story of a financial firm that’s buying foreclosed houses and then selling them back to the former owners.

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Featuring Boston Community Capital and City Life/Vida Urbana, grantees of the Herman and Frieda Miller Foundation.