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“We Combat Natural Disasters With Acts of God” 10 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina and the Levee Failure
A few years ago the Salvation Army ran a full-page advertisement in popular magazines announcing, “We Combat Natural Disasters With Acts of God” A play on the centuries-old claim of disasters as “Acts of God,” this line surely makes many a relief worker and recovery volunteer cringe. Disasters are the result of nature interacting with…
Read MoreFBB Hits $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed
Foundation Beyond Belief is proud to announce that it has reached the $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed to charities in the United States and around the world. In addition to small grants in the $10,000 range to dozens of organizations during that time, that total also includes larger Compassionate Impact Grants to…
Read MoreQ2 2015 results reveal the power of large grants
Foundation Beyond Belief is pleased to announce the grant results for Q2 2015. In the Humanist Giving Program, we funded our second Compassionate Impact Grant to Starfish. Starfish strives to mentor native Mayan girls in Guatemala and help them achieve the “infinite impact” for themselves, their families, and their community. Our grant of $50,000 enabled Starfish…
Read MoreA Replicable, Resilient Model: Building earthquake resistant healthcare systems
The earthquakes that have struck Nepal since the first 7.8 quake on April 25th represent the greatest natural disasters to befall Nepal in modern history. When the first quake hit, our team was 300 km from the epicenter planning next year’s expansion. In spite of our physical distance from where the earthquakes struck, there is…
Read MoreA Gendered Perspective of Disaster Recovery
Men and women are both impacted by disaster, but there is evidence to suggest that the way each gender experiences disasters, specifically response and recovery, may differ in some ways. Related to response, the numbers suggest that overall more women die and suffer injuries in disasters compared to men. Reasons for these statistics vary by…
Read MoreEarthquakes are inevitable, high death tolls are not
Some disasters shock us, we don’t see them coming. The chance of them happening is so small that it is unbelievable when the pieces fall down around us. Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal was not one of those situations. Experts, seismologists and disasterologists alike, have predicted this exact situation unfolding. Two years ago to the day,…
Read MoreFBB Enables Q1 Beneficiaries to reach further with larger grants
Akili Dada has been our Human Rights beneficiary this quarter. “…In Swahili, “akili dada” translates to “intelligent sister,” and that is the goal of Akili Dada – to build an intelligent sisterhood of talented young women and future leaders in Kenya….Program participants learn from other women and each other through mentorship and work to build…
Read MorePossible: Improving health care through technology
In health care systems it is common for physicians to rely on patients’ medical histories when making treatment decisions. Knowledge of preexisting conditions can help doctors make accurate diagnoses. An electronic medical record (EMR) is a tool used by health care professionals to reliably record, share, and analyze the extensive medical histories of patients to…
Read MorePossible success in creating health centers
As Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Giving program matures, we continue to tweak our approach to selecting our beneficiaries. Possible, our Poverty and Health beneficiary, is developing a rural health network in Nepal. Their program addresses two of the primary focus areas we evaluate when selecting beneficiaries: community-based philanthropy and capacity-building opportunities. Community-based philanthropy is the…
Read MoreFoundation Beyond Belief introduces five new beneficiaries for the first quarter of 2015
Throughout the years, Foundation Beyond Belief has worked to achieve philanthropic best practices and stay true to our values and mission. Incorporating best practices into our Humanist Giving model is a closely monitored balancing act. We are currently adapting our approach to selecting beneficiaries—while selecting our first-quarter 2015 beneficiaries, we reviewed and researched the following:…
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