The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the Franklin Mint and its owners, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are pleased to provide the following details regarding the recipients of the $25 million joint grants scheme announced in November 2004 as part of their out-of-court settlement of a legal dispute.
The funds will be released to excellent charitable causes that resonate with the memory of the Princess, and to that end the parties have agreed on the following list:
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation 1700 Diagonal Road Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA Contact: Donald Schumacher, PsyD Tel: (001) 703-837-1500 Fax: (001) 703-837-1233 http://www.nhpco.org/
The NHPCO will receive US$3,350,000 over three years to expand its work to promote better palliative care for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families in sub-Saharan Africa.
Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118, USA Tel: (001) 212-216-1201 Fax: (001) 212-736-1300 Contact: Kenneth Roth http://www.hrw.org/
HRW will receive US$3,350,000 over five years, initially to mobilise more emergency researchers in crisis areas across the world and to tackle human rights abuses that exacerbate the international HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Landmine Survivors' Network 1420 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005, USA Contact: Jerry White Tel: (001) 202-464-0007 Fax: (001) 202-464-0011 http://www.landminesurvivors.org/
LSN will receive US$3,350,000 over three years to help support networks of landmine survivors (and their families and communities) worldwide, and empower them to campaign for their interests and rights.
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative 225 Water Street Quincy, MA 02169, USA Contact: Ira Magaziner Tel: (001) 617-774-0110 Fax: (001) 617-774-0220 http://www.aidstrust.org/
The Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative will receive US$3,350,000 over two years to deliver AIDS care and treatment to people living in rural areas in Haiti, Mozambique and Tanzania, and create models for delivering AIDS care and treatment in other resource-poor rural settings.
The Carter Center One Copenhill, 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307, USA Contact: John Hardman, MD Tel: (001) 404-420-5100 Fax: (001) 404-331-0283 http://www.cartercenter.org/
The Carter Center will receive US$3,350,000 over three years to support their continuing leadership role in eradicating Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) and control river blindness (Onchocerciasis) in Africa (including specifically Ghana, Sudan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda).
Landmine Action 1st Floor, 89 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TP, England Contact: Richard Lloyd Tel: 44 (0)20 7820 0222 Fax: 44 (0)20 7820 0057 http://www.landmineaction.org/
Landmine Action will receive US$3,350,000 over four years for programmes of de-mining, weapons and ammunition destruction, public awareness, advocacy and education relating to international humanitarian problems caused by landmines and Explosive Remnants of War.
UCLA 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Contact: Michael J Brennan Tel: (001) 310-794-2321 Fax: (001) 310 794 6923
UCLA will receive US$1,675,000 over four years to support a programme of global AIDS prevention policy research in collaboration with universities in China, Brazil, Peru, South Africa and Uganda. UCLA will also receive US$1,675,000 over five years to address the growing pandemic of obesity in children, with special reference to socially disadvantaged immigrant families of South American origin.
American Friends of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 15 East 26th Street, Suite 1809 New York, NY 10010, USA Contact: Rebecca Lieberman Tel: (001) 212-213-5961 Fax: (001) 212-213-6436
The Interdisciplinary Center will receive US$250,000 to provide scholarships and wider support for ten young Israelis from disadvantaged backgrounds who would not otherwise be able to enter higher education.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University 633 Third Avenue, 19th floor New York, NY 10017-6706, USA Contact: Richard Mulieri Tel: (001) 212-841-5260 Fax: (001) 212-956 8020 http://www.casacolumbia.org/
CASA will receive US$300,000 over 17 months for the first phase of a comprehensive examination of the USA's national substance abuse treatment system.
The Resnick Foundation Contact: Howard P. Lucker 105 Commerce Drive Aston, PA 19014 Tel: 610-497-4822 Fax: 610-497-4956
The Resnick Foundation will receive US$1,000,000 to be distributed to worthy charities.
Both The Franklin Mint and The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund wish to express their appreciation of the efforts and effectiveness of these beneficiary organisations. We are confident that these grants will have a profound and positive impact on the lives of millions of disadvantaged people around the world.
For further information about the recipients and the uses to which their grants will be put, please contact them directly.
PRNewswire -- April 26
The Franklin MintCONTACT: David Rigg, 44 (0) 207 432 3216, for The Diana, Princess ofWales Memorial Fund; or Allan Mayer of Sitrick And Company, +1-310-788-2850,for The Franklin Mint