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Thread #118023   Message #2548046
Posted By: katlaughing
24-Jan-09 - 03:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kirsten Gillibrand great pick-US Senator, NY
Subject: RE: BS: Kirsten Gillibrand great pick
Oh, you mean like what the Clinton Global Initiative has accomplished, Ebbie:

Since its launch in 2005, CGI members have made nearly 1,000 commitments to action to improve the lives of more than 200 million people in over 100 countries. CGI U and Mycommitment.org have also inspired action on a large scale.

The CGI community is helping to:

    * Avoid or reduce more than 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions
    * Provide more than 3 million people with access to clean-energy services in the developing world
    * Ensure more than a million patients throughout Sudan, Chad, Uganda and the Democratic Republic on the Congo receive emergency and primary medical care, including mental health services
    * Fund more than 270 microfinance institutions, permitting access to finance for close to 3 million micro-entrepreneurs
    * Provide more than 8 million out-of-school children with access to schooling
    * Provide access to safe drinking water for 11 million people in Asia

CGI University has:

    * Brought more than 600 students from nearly every state and 14 countries to Tulane University in New Orleans for its inaugural meeting
    * Inspired students to make more than 800 Commitments to Action, ranging from installing energy-efficient lights bulbs to designing medical backpacks for nomadic doctors in Africa

Through CGI's online portal, Mycommitment.org, visitors to the site from more than 160 countries have made nearly 1,000 Commitments to Action adding up to:

    * 341,000 volunteer hours served
    * 40,000 donated items
    * $1.7 million pledged in contributions to people and organizations in need


Couldn't even begin to list all of the things the Kennedy clan has done for the good of so many millions of people. And those darn Cuomo people, building new schools and homes for the elderly. What were they thinking?!