Ripple, the U.S.-based currency exchange and remittance network, is donating $10 million to Mercy Corps, a humanitarian aid non-profit, to “expand financial inclusion and increase economic empowerment globally.” Ripple, through a non-profit unit, works with non-government organizations, universities and industry partners to “bring the 1.7 billion unbanked adults into a modernized, global financial system that leverages the promise of financial technology,” the company said in its release. Mercy Corps will partner with RippleWorks in several countries to support development of fintech solutions involving blockchain and digital assets. Source link
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will donate another $100 million to aid election officials around the US after an initial $300 million grant – ruled lawful by a federal judge even while he warned the money could distort the vote. A lawsuit challenging the grant scheme in Wisconsin was struck down on Wednesday, with US District Judge William Griesbach stating that he found no legal reason to bar five major cities in the state from receiving $6.3 million from the donated funds. However, Griesbach nonetheless wrote in his decision that the private cash could influence the outcome of the election. The risk […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated a “no strings attached” $10 million to Ibram Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is a bestselling author who’s gotten famous by telling white people that they’re racists. Announcing the donation on Thursday, Dorsey said that the center’s research “will inform and fuel much needed and overdue policy change.” According to Boston University, which hosts the center, teams of academics, lawyers, social workers and scientists will collaborate to “track and study racial data” and “advocate for new corrective policies.” $10M to Dr. Ibram Kendi and the Center for Antiracist Research at BU. This research will […]
The Andrew Jackson Monument vandalized by the American left.Speaker Pelosi refused to condemn this action. This should be making national headlines.But it won’t because the mainstream fake news media is so toxic today. President Trump announced on Friday he will donate $100,000 of his annual salary to the National Park Service to aid the restoration of monuments. President Trump tweeted: “I promised YOU I would not take a dime of salary as your President,” Trump tweeted. “I donate the entire $400,000! It is my honor to give $100,000 to @NatlParkService to help repair and restore our GREAT National Monuments. So important […]
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell announced this week he was donating pillows to Minnesota National Guard members who are sleeping on the floor as they protect Minneapolis from violent protesters and looters this week. Western Journal reported: Mike Lindell, the outspoken CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, is back in the news after a donation of his wares to members of the Minnesota National Guard who were sleeping on the floor as they helped protect locations in the Twin Cities area. In a tweet Wednesday, Lindell announced the donation and showed some of the guardsmen and women and MyPillow employees unpacking and testing out […]
Telegram messenger founder and CEO Pavel Durov reportedly donated about $90,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) to help alleviate the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Egor Zhukov, a student political activist who organized a crowdfunding campaign to help people cope with the pandemic-related crisis, announced Durov donated 10 BTC to the effort. Zhukov wrote on his Instagram Wednesday night the donation will help volunteers buy more food and deliver it to people who can’t afford it. The initiative was named Vzaimipomosch, which in Russian means “The Mutual Help.” “Pavel reached out to us himself and offered help,” Zhukov told […]
World 01:55 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107844/34/1078443423_0:138:2801:1713_1200x675_80_0_0_275db2ff462217232792c5e59d34ef65.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005151079309153-pope-francis-donates-200000-to-scholarships-in-lebanon-amid-economic-crisis/ VATICAN CITY (Sputnik) – Pope Francis has decided to allocate $200,000 to support 400 scholarships in Lebanon, which has been facing an acute financial crisis, the Holy See said on Thursday in a press release. “As a tangible sign of his closeness, the Holy Father, through the Secretariat of State and the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, has decided to send to the Apostolic Nunciature the sum of USD 200,000 to support 400 scholarships in Lebanon, in the hope of achieving a gesture of solidarity and with the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107927/64/1079276456_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_a8cc2d188d9263564f3aa52bf893c9f6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202005121079276447-messi-donates-500000-euros-to-fight-against-covid-19-in-argentina—reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi made a donation of 500,000 euros ($540,000) to help combat the spread of the coronavirus in his native Argentina, the media reported on Monday. According to the TyC Sports news outlet, Messi donated money to the Garrahan Foundation, which will distribute medical equipment, including respirators and ventilators, to healthcare facilities in the South American country. In April, Lionel Messi called healthcare workers heroes protecting people from the coronavirus. “Yesterday the World Health Worker Week came to an end and, together with UNICEF, I want to express my deepest gratitude for […]