| Hi jay, There's a lot happening at ARC these days. Here's a quick recap of the last few weeks. Let us know if you have any questions. -Daniel Daniel Wordsworth, President *********************************************** * ARC at Clinton Global Initiative * Last week, ARC participated in the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York. At the meeting, I announced ARC’s Commitment to Action to decrease child mortality in Eastern Congo – to help kids survive to age 5. You can read the full Commitment here: http://get.cgilink.org/v/c/830093. Right now, 1 in 5 children in DRC doesn’t survive to age 5. We need a new approach NOW to help Congolese kids!
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about an ideas competition we launched for ARC staff worldwide. Yesterday was the last day of the competition. In total, nearly 100 ideas were submitted to answer the question: If you could do one simple thing, how would you make the ARC experience better for the people we serve? Ideas have ranged from environmental protection efforts to using technology to improve health to peace-building…and more. One of these ideas will eventually be awarded a $10,000 prize for their country program. Over the course of the next several weeks, we’ll share a handful of these ideas with you. Keep an eye on your inbox.
ARC was recently upgraded to an ‘A+’ rating by CharityWatch, one of the largest charity watchdog groups in the U.S. The last few years, ARC had received an ‘A’ rating from the group. Groups included on the Top-Rated list “generally spend 75% or more of their budgets on programs, spend $25 or less to raise $100 in public support, do not hold excessive assets in reserve, and receive ‘open-book’ status for disclosure of basic financial information and documents to CharityWatch.” You can see ARC’s listing here, which highlights “Top-Rated Charities in International Relief and Development”: http://www.charitywatch.org/toprated.html#intrelief
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