There is no apprehension when Chris and Hollie Hall walk through the gates along a pathway through the gardens to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. They remember the nurturing care their whole family received at a time when they needed it the most. Chris and Hollie did not always feel this way. Many families who are first introduced to Canuck Place are not ready to accept specialized care that will change the future of their lives. Canuck Place is B.C. and the Yukon’s only pediatric palliative care provider, caring for over 830 children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Canuck Place…
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David White/StuffStudents enrolled at Ko Taku Reo attending the bilingual provision at Ormiston Primary and Junior College meet French rugby stars Maëlle Filopon, left, and Manaé Feleu.Tamariki who are Deaf and hard of hearing met players from the French women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 team at Eden Park on Wednesday. The young rugby fans got the chance to toss the ball around with French rugby stars Maëlle Filopon, who is hard of hearing and plays as centre, and lock for the French women’s national rugby team Manaé Feleu. “When we found out Maëlle was hard of hearing, we thought, ‘What…
Improving literacy and spreading a love of reading through new books is the goal of a new program in Athens with 30,000 books.“They’re all brand new books,” said Katelyn Balli, a graduate student with the Stevens Literacy Center at Ohio University.“We’re just trying to get brand new resources into the hands of people, especially the people in this community that we know cannot always afford brand new or have that as something nice in that way,” she continued. “That’s our big goal, to get the community excited about literacy and reading.”The Stevens Literacy Center, known more formally as the Edward…
CrossBoundary Energy, a leading developer, owner, and operator of commercial and industrial renewable energy projects in Africa, announced today in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, their intention to explore financing solutions with Bank of America, to rapidly scale its investments in renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial businesses across Africa. The collaboration serves as an example of a blended finance transaction driving capital flow into Emerging Markets and will support CrossBoundary’s delivery of approximately 255MW of solar and wind generation and 50MWh of storage projects.CrossBoundary Energy provides tailored, fully financed renewable energy solutions to its corporate customers, allowing…
Wipro, on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Warren Zambelli as Managing Director for Africa, and Simmi Dhamija as the Chief Operating Officer for APMEA (Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa). This comes a day after the global information technology company announced the appointment of industry veteran Christopher Smith as the MD for Australia and New Zealand. Zambelli, who will take over the reins of the Africa division, has over 20 years of experience across capital markets, banking, insurance, telecom and retail. He has held various leadership roles where he professionalised and expanded businesses while helping clients to set up, transform and…
Via Teleconference 3:09 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Great. Thank you, everyone, for joining. As a reminder, this call is on background. It’s attributable to senior administration officials. And the contents of the call are embargoed until the call ends. We wanted to take an opportunity to give you guys some thoughts on the coming travel and then also take some questions. As you guys know, we’re going to have more information to share with you on other bilats and events as we get closer to the trip, but just wanted to be able to start the conversation sooner rather than later. So, for your awareness…
Join The Cleveland Police Department as they host their annual holiday party at Tower City’s Skylight Park on Sunday, December 4 from NOON- 4:00 PM! All are welcome to attend this free event which features face painting, magicians, mascots, games and the Cleveland Police K9 Unit and Mounted Unit. For more information about this event click HERE! Source link
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Republican Cory Mills has won the Congress District 7 seat.Democrat Karen Green and Republican Cory Mills had been vying for a seat that was laid open by Democrat Stephanie Murphy, who chose not to seek reelection. The district covers all of Seminole County, a small portion of Orange and southern Volusia counties. The 7th Congressional District was previously neutral to slightly Democrat in voter registration. After redistricting under DeSantis, the district now leans Republican.Green and Mills shared their respective focus issues with WESH 2 in October. Green said she hopes to tackle transportation concerns immediately.”We want to make sure we…
African countries, which are the least responsible for the global climate crisis, face seeing their GDP growth rate fall by up to 64% by the end of the century, according to research – even if the world succeeds in limiting global heating to 1.5C.As world leaders hustle over climate action at the UN summit in Egypt, a study commissioned by Christian Aid has found that burning fossil fuels at the current rate will have a huge impact on the finances of African countries. The average hit to GDP per capita could be as much as 34%, finds the report, while…