NewsroomRESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund provide the media with up-to-date, accurate information about hunger and poverty and about the most current legislative actions on Capitol Hill that affect these issues. We provide access to experts on the issues from our staff, hold media briefings and press conferences about news and actions that affect hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world, and issue press briefs to provide journalists with in-depth background on current issues. Muhammad Yunus to Receive Presidential Medal of FreedomRESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund extend heartfelt congratulations to Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh and longtime RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund board member, on the announcement that he will be awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House made public yesterday that Professor Yunus will be one of the sixteen recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Professor Yunus will receive the award from President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony on August 12, 2009. Recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom Urge Obama to Create Global Fund for EducationWhat do a banker to the poor, a former president, and a religious leader have in common? They are among the first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama — and they have all called for the creation of a Global Fund for Education. Guardian: Desmond Tutu asks G8 leaders to get world’s children into schoolNobel laureate implores Gordon Brown and Barack Obama ahead of G8 summit to create new global fund for education by end of 2009. Voice of America: G8 Asked to Create Global Education FundNobel laureates and leading human rights activists issued a call for the creation of a Global Fund for Education. They say hundreds of millions of young children and adolescents are unable to attend school and about 770-million adults remain illiterate. Transcript: Global Fund for Education Conference Call with Archbishop Desmond TutuTranscript of call with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Desmond Bermingham calling on G8 to establish a Global Fund for Education Mary Robinson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Professor Muhammad Yunus call on leaders of G8 CountriesLetter implores the leaders of the world’s richest countries to announce an agreement at the G8 Summit to launch a fully resourced Global Fund for Education by year’s end, 2009 Press Brief: Obama Must Make Good on Commitment to Global Fund for EducationPress brief detailing why it is critical that President Obama lead the charge for primary education worldwide. Forbes.com: Congress’ Chance To Change The IMFOp-ed by RESULTS Executive Director Joanne Carter and Peter Bujari, executive director of the Human Development Trust in Tanzania. Inter Press Service: NGOs Oppose Nearly $100 Billion Pledge to IMFA broad coalition of civil society groups, as well as some U.S. lawmakers, is fighting what they call a “blank cheque” from the U.S. to expand funding for the International Monetary Fund. Chronicle of Philanthropy: Global-Health Groups Upset by President’s Budget ProposalPresident Obama’s proposal to spend $8.6-billion next year on what he dubbed a “new, comprehensive global-health strategy” has drawn ire from some global-health charities, which say he has requested far less to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria than he had previously pledged. Reuters: Watchdog gives World Bank a mixed review on healthThe World Bank’s internal watchdog group on April 30, 2009, gave the poverty-fighting agency a mixed review for its efforts to improve health in poor countries and gave it low marks for its work in Africa. Observer: Can the IMF Now Feed the World?The London G20 summit tripled the resources of the International Monetary Fund and made it a major force again, responsible for saving national economies hit by the global crash. But given its recent track record, will its policies do more harm than good? Transcript: Big Read Media CallMedia call conducted in concert with the Global Fund for Education on April 21, 2009, announcing the Big Read, with Owain James, Oxfam, UK; Angelique Kidjo, founder, Batonga Foundation; Assibi Napoe, Chief Regional Coordinator, Education International; and Ishmael Beah, former Sierra Leonean child soldier. Huffington Post: Jordan’s Queen Rania, Congresswoman Nita Lowey Launch “The Big Read”Queen Rania of Jordan joined other leading education advocates Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury Gene Sperling to launch “The Big Read” as part of Global Campaign for Education's global action week calling for quality basic education for all children. |