Connecting Goodness
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Turkey

10 pieces

Simple: Whatever Faith Tradition, It’s All About Kindness

Jim Luce · October 15, 2019

Tawang, India. Since 2000, we have been operating charities Raising, Supporting, and soon Educating Young Global Leaders. From every corner of the world and from every fa…

HuffPo Interview with Red Cross Secretary General in Geneva

The Editors · May 24, 2016

New York, N.Y. Having witnessed the incredible work of the Red Cross in Aceh, Indonesia following the Tsunami of 2004 - and seeing for the first time Red Crescents in act…

Solution Close as Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Leaders Open Talks

The Editors · November 7, 2016

New York, N.Y. 7 November 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his “full support” to the talks between the Greek Cypriot leader and the Turkish Cyp…

U.N. Chief Signs Condolence Book For Victims of Turkish Terrorism Attack

Nicholas Vazquez · June 30, 2016

New York, N.Y. There is no justification for terrorism, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated after signing a book of condolences for the victims…

Mediterranean Migrant Deaths Break Records, Hearts

VOA News · October 30, 2015

Geneva, Switzerland. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that migrant deaths on the Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe are breaking all previous re…

Refugees are the Responsibility of the World – Peter Sutherland

The Editors · October 8, 2015

New York, N.Y. Peter Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration. A strong advocate for the rights of mig…

Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM

Pierre-Richard Bercy · March 15, 2010

C ash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the earthquake in Haiti, Hai…

Greece for Americans: From Aristotle to Athens, Astoria - and Loula

Jim Luce · April 21, 2010

New York, NY. “Hellas” – the Hellenic Republic – has intrigued me since by boyhood when I collected foreign postage stamps and had to ask my father to identify the origin…

My Favorite Coffee Table Book: India Unveiled

Jim Luce · April 10, 2010

R obert Arnett's India Unveiled is, for my taste, Coffee Book of the Decade. Did you know that India is the most populous democracy in the world? It is the second-most po…

Secularism: Surprisingly More Popular in Turkey than in U.S.

Daniel Santana · June 7, 2009

New York, N.Y. Recently the Turkish Cultural Center in New York held a panel discussion on whether coexistence is possible between religious and secular forces in the Mus…