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Mar 8, 2012: Throughout the world, many young women living in poverty risk death or serious illness because they lack clean facilities for childbirth.
Feb 16, 2012: GreaterGood.org announced grants totaling more than $970,000 were given to 97 charities in January, including $100,000 to Mayo Clinic for breast cancer research. Funding for these grants came from the Gifts That Give More [tm] and other programs found at the GreaterGood Network websites as well as direct donations to GreaterGood.org.
Feb 1, 2012: GreaterGood.org's recent grants to the National Breast Cancer Foundation paid for free mammogram programs at hospitals and clinics in Oregon, South Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana, and South Dakota.
Jan 10, 2012: Five new Gifts That Give More provide support for Nyaya Health projects that benefit young mothers and provide better prenatal care.
Jan 1, 2012: GreaterGood.org gave grants to five different organizations in 2011 providing services to women suffering from breast cancer and to those needing medical procedures such as mammograms.
Dec 14, 2011: Brought to the hospital by her brother after eight months of suffering, Asnaku was asked why she waited so long to be healed. She replied that she had to "wait [for] my daughter to be strong."
Nov 28, 2011: At the center of Nyaya Health's efforts to combat health inequity in Nepal are the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs)
Nov 8, 2011: Through the support of the Greatergood.org, Nyaya Health outfitted Bayalpata Hospital in Nepal with satellite internet services.
Nov 2, 2011: Dr Catherine Hamlin and her late husband, Dr Reg Hamlin, began caring for the most destitute women of Ethiopia more than 50 years ago.
Oct 28, 2011: More than $2.9 million has gone to 109 charities and nonprofits between January and September 2011, including those providing free mammograms and other care to uninsured and underinsured.
Oct 19, 2011: "GreaterGood.org has been a tremendous sponsor and advocate for breast cancer awareness." NBCF Founder and CEO Janelle Hail.
Oct 3, 2011: GreaterGood.org's support of NBCF has paid for more than 1,660 free mammograms at White Memorial Hospital, LA Mission, and Watts Health Foundation in Los Angeles.
Sep 30, 2011: Ivon, and thousands like her, could not afford to have a mammogram -- but programs exist to help her get the early diagnosis that she needed.
Jul 26, 2011: University of Michigan reports increasing demands for financial assistance in 2010 and 2011
Jun 20, 2011: In June, NBCF reported that funding from GreaterGood.org paid for free mammogram programs at clinics and hospitals from Alabama to Vermont.