Beneath the Waves Earns Bahamian NGO Status, Praised for Research Leading to Shark Protection, Involving Students

A US-based non-profit whose decade-long research helped lead to The Bahamas becoming and remaining a shark sanctuary earned admiration and congratulations from deep sea divers this week on the organization’s latest achievement – its status as a Bahamian NGO (non-government organization).

Praise for Beneath the Waves came from divers Adrian Phillips and Jaran Rolle. Both men have worked with...

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$10M IN FUNDING 'VANISHED': Prime Minister claims NGOs have not submitted accounts

PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said two non-governmental organisations have not submitted records to give an account of the combined more than $10m they received from the former Minnis administration under its national food programme.

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The Bahamas Work With International Peace NGO Encouraging Youth To Embrace A Culture Of Peace

The Bahamas Ministry of Education has approved the launch of an inaugural HWPL (Heavenly Culture and World Peace, Restoration of Light)Peace Club at C. V. Bethel Secondary School for the2021-2022 school year. Participating students willl earn the core values of peace, how to overcome conflict and division, and how to become peace ambassadors in their communities.

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Darville:?NGOs blindsided by oil drilling approval

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Government and NGO to repair 250 homes in north Abaco

The Government and an international NGO are partnering to repair 250 homes that were damaged in north Abaco during Hurricane Dorian...

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Templeton grant helps NGO provide new opportunities for young entrepreneurs

Templeton Foundation’s $25,000 grant to a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) – the Bahamas Urban Youth Development Centre (BUYDC) -- is projected to provide new business opportunities for 18 aspiring entrepreneurs who recently graduated from the centre after a four-week training programme.

BUYDC is one of the local NGOs certified/registered as Non-Profit Organizations in accordance...

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Registration of NGOs opens door to greater funding opportunities

Officials at the Department of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, have partnered with counterparts at the Office of the Attorney General...

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Registration of NGOs opens door to greater funding opportunities

Officials at the Department of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, have partnered with counterparts at the Office of the Attorney General...

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Prime Minister Minnis thanks NGOs working with Government on Food Distribution Task Force as program prepares for Phase 2

Today Prime Minister Minnis visited the Lend-a-Hand, Bahamas Red Cross and Hands for Hunger feeding agencies as the NGOs prepare to start Phase 2 of the Government’s national food distribution program...

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Authority Thanks NGO Community at Florida Event

Members of the local and international NGO community were thanked for their significant assistance to The Bahamas as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian at a press conference in Florida marking the six-month period since the Category 5 storm hit Abaco and Grand Bahama.

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