A wide-ranging group of 15 nonprofits, humanitarian aid organizations and other funders plan to open this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting Monday by announcing new investments to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan following more than a year of conflict.
The Coalition for Mutual Aid in Sudan - which includes The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Giving, Global Fund for Women, and The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee - will donate at least $2 million to mutual aid groups in the country by the end of the year. It also pledged to raise another $4.5 million for those groups within the next two years.
The commitment is one of more than 100 expected at the two-day meeting of political, business and philanthropic leaders gathering to address some of the world's most pressing issues. Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton have set this year's theme as "What's Working," a way to look for potential solutions and effective programs in tumultuous times.
First lady Jill Biden said Friday that she would announce a new women's health initiative at Monday's CGI meeting, but declined to offer specifics ahead of her appearance.
"Our nation is home to the best health research in the world, yet women's health is understudied and research is underfunded," Biden said. "And we still know too little about how to affectively prevent, diagnose, and treat a range of health conditions in women, from heart disease to cancers."
