3/12/2010

Obama Prize for Haiti

President of the United States. Barack Obama will donate U.S. $ 1.4 million of the nobel peace prize he received, to help students, veterans' families and survivors of the earthquake victims of Haiti.

Obama contributed a total of U.S. $ 750 thousand for the six organizations that assist students to continue their studies at university.

According to the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2010, Fisher House, which moves in the social field for the veteran's family, will receive U.S. $ 250 thousand. While Clinton-Bush Fund Haiti, where the two former presidents to raise funds to rebuild the affected areas of Haiti, will receive U.S. $ 200 thousand.

"These organizations doing extraordinary work in the United States and in foreign countries, helping students, veterans, and others countless," Obama said in a statement.
"I am proud to support their work," he continued. (www.vivanews.com)

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