Von Hernandez, executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, talks about Crizel Jane Valencia who died of leukemia, which she acquired after living in a toxic site left by the US air force in Mabalacat, Pampanga.
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A San Francisco-based foundation plans to donate more than 300,000 children’s books to eight Asian countries. Books for Asia, established in 1954 by The Asia Foundation, will distribute the books to schools, community libraries, and child care centers in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The books, donated by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, were procured by Brother’s Brother Foundation.
Eight shipping containers have departed the United States and are scheduled to arrive at Asian ports next month with two more containers to follow. There, teams of Books for Asia staff will sort each shipment and work with local partners to ensure that the books are delivered to the schools, reading centers, and libraries with the greatest need. (more…)
