MILLENNIUM FOUNDATION - Innovative finance for health

10/07/2010

Millennium Foundation Board Supports MASSIVEGOOD

Three months after its political inauguration at the United Nations in New York, MASSIVEGOOD received the support of the Board of the Millennium Foundation, which met in Geneva, Switzerland on June 7-8th to review the encouraging first results of its flagship project. “After talking with all the board members, I would like to stress my satisfaction and confidence in our innovative fundraising...

09/07/2010

Message of the Chair

After the Board meeting in Geneva on the 7th and 8th of July 2010, the Chair of the Millennium Foundation would like to: - Underline the innovative character of the Voluntary Solidarity Contribution project named MASSIVEGOOD and launched in the Travel and Tourism sector with the objective of raising funds to support the Millennium Development Goals for HIV/Aids, Malaria, Tuberculosis...

06/07/2010

MASSIVEGOOD - Three Months After the First Click

MASSIVEGOOD, a new and innovative fundraising initiative for global health, has succeeded in its first three months in uniting the global travel industry, raising almost $200,000 in micro-contributions and matching funds from individuals and corporations towards fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and improving maternal and child health in developing countries. MASSIVEGOOD allows leisure...

04/06/2010

Millennium Foundation & MassiveGood: Interview with Dr. Bernard Salomé

Last week, Peter sat down with Dr. Bernard Salomé, Managing Director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health, while at the World Travel & Tourism Council summit. Keep reading to learn about the Millennium Foundation’s latest initiative in which travelers can help make a difference through microdonations, one click at a time. Peter Greenberg: It’s always an amazing...

03/06/2010

MASSIVEGOOD LAUNCHES IN SPAIN

MASSIVEGOOD ya es una realidad en España! Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos joined leaders of the Spanish travel and tourism industry on June 1st to kick off MASSIVEGOOD’s second worldwide launch. “The Spanish people will answer, there will be a massive response,” said Minister Moratinos at the high-level launch event at the Casa de America in Madrid. “Thanks...

07/04/2010

MASSIVEGOOD on Capitol Hill

One week after being the first to click MASSIVEGOOD, President Bill Clinton introduced US lawmakers to our movement, explaining how we intend to raise more money for global health.Alongside Bill Gates at Capitol Hill on March 10th to testify to a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on global health, President Clinton made special mention of what he called the “best thing”...

07/04/2010

World TB Day

Wednesday March 24th was World Tuberculosis (TB) day, an event dedicated to the fight against this airborne disease that still kills almost 2 million people a year despite the existence of affordable treatments. Around 200 million people become sick with TB in their lifetime and 1.8 million people died in 2008, in what constitutes a global public health emergency. The pandemic is the most virulent...

09/03/2010

President Clinton clicks MASSIVEGOOD

With a simple click at the United Nations on March 4th, President Bill Clinton kicked off our movement to build a healthier world. “It is a profoundly important day," said the 42nd President of the United States, before he walked down from the UN speaker’s podium, along with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to give the first donation to MASSIVEGOOD on a small laptop. Leisure travelers in the United...

09/03/2010

Will.i.am & Yvonne Chaka Chaka working together for MASSIVEGOOD

There are many ways to click MASSIVEGOOD.On March 2, 2010, two international pop stars squeezed into a small studio space in downtown Manhattan to brainstorm about how to launch our fundraising slogan – click to give $2 for a healthier world – with a musical flare. In record time, Will.i.am, of Black Eyed Peas fame, and Yvonne Chaka Chaka, one of South Africa’s most revered singers,...

18/02/2010

Who will be the first to click?

MASSIVEGOOD will go live in the US on March 4th, and travelers will be asked if they would like to contribute $2 to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and improve maternal and child health. Those who say “yes” to MASSIVEGOOD will also become “micro-ambassadors,” as they spread the word about our easy way to help solve the global health crisis. But the Millennium Foundation...

12/01/2010

Spike Lee, Dr Brian Greene, Paul Auster, Samuel L. Jackson and Susan Sarandon and Mary J. Blige filming

Spike Lee, Dr Brian Greene, Paul Auster, Samuel L. Jackson and Susan Sarandon are currently filming in New York City to support MASSIVEGOOD's fight against HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.

07/01/2010

"Call for Interest" from individuals wishing to apply for membership of the PRC

"Call for Interest" from individuals wishing to apply for membership of the Proposal Review Committee ("PRC").UNITAID provides funding for the procurement of medicines, diagnostics and related commodities on the basis of project proposals approved by the UNITAID Board and works primarily through collaborative actions with strategic partners. The Proposal Review Committee ("PRC") is an independent,...

16/12/2009

Business Travel ConneXion Clicks MASSIVEGOOD

This month, new members of BusinessTravelConneXion.com, the leading online network for business travel, will be the first to click towards a healthier world with MASSIVEGOOD. American Express Business Travel ConneXion has offered to give $2 to MASSIVEGOOD for every new member that registers with their online community from December 1st – 31st. Thanks to this pledge of support, MASSIVEGOOD...

08/12/2009

RFI Radio show

Bernard Salomé, Managing Director of the Millennium Foundation, was interviewed by Radio France International (RFI) on December 2nd, 2009, to talk about aid for global health as well as progress and challenges.Listen to the full radio show here.

14/11/2009

A MASSIVEGOOD MESSAGE BY SHEKHAR KAPUR & RUBINA ALI (MAKING OF)

Renowned Oscar winner Shekhar Kapur shoots with Slumdog's star, Rubina Ali in her hometown slum in Mumbai, India.http://www.massivegood.org It is an invitation to join the movement: MASSIVEGOOD

26/10/2009

MASSIVEGOOD by Shekar Kapur & Rubina Ali

Renowned Oscar winner Shekhar Kapur shoots with Slumdog's star, Rubina Ali in her hometown slum in Mumbai, India. It is an invitation to join the movement: MASSIVEGOOD.

19/10/2009

Welcome Letter from the Managing Director

Dear visitor and MASSIVEGOOD supporter, As Managing Director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health, I welcome you to our website. You may be wondering why we at the Foundation, as creators of MASSIVEGOOD, are launching another fundraising project among the many charities that already exist. In 2000, the international community set 8 goals for development to be reached by...

06/09/2009

Travel and Tourism Industry supports MASSIVEGOOD

Support of the travel industry represents an ideal initial partner to support the Millennium Foundation's innovative fundraising mechanism, which has been developed and integrated in to the booking flow, enabling it to be a seamless part of the travel buying process. The donation box will be linked to every Passenger Name Record (PNR), enabling customers to donate as part of every travel purchase,...

04/09/2009

Millennium Foundation introduces MASSIVEGOOD

MASSIVEGOOD is powered by the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health. MASSIVEGOOD is a new global citizen solidarity movement aimed at saving lives by treating and fighting life-threatening diseases among the world's most vulnerable populations. This movement is based on voluntary micro-contributions (USD $2 or equivalent in other currencies) that people can add...

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