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An AmeriCorps NCCC team on deployment in 2024 at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in California.. The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), or AmeriCorps NCCC [a], is an AmeriCorps program founded in 1993 that engages young adults, aged 18 to 26, in team-based, residential community service projects across the United States.
AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [1] VISTA is an acronym for Volunteers in Service to America.
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Plan's child sponsorship program links each sponsor to an individual child in one of more than 40 countries where Plan International has sponsorship programming. [34] Sponsors contribute money and have an opportunity to correspond with the child and his or her family.
Plan International was founded in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and aid worker Eric Muggeridge. Eric was one of five brothers, including journalist and satirist Malcolm Muggeridge. Plan International was founded as "Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain". [citation needed]
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On June 2, 1978, the DSSD was renamed Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) in line with the change in the form of government. In 1987, the MSSD was reorganized and renamed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Executive Order 123, which was signed by President Corazon C. Aquino .
Fiscal sponsorship can enable projects to share a common administrative platform with a larger organization, thus increasing efficiency. In addition to legal status, sponsors can provide payroll, employee benefits, office space, publicity, fundraising assistance, and training services, sparing projects the necessity of developing these resources and allowing them to focus on programmatic ...