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For more information, contact: Ryan McDonald Carter Centre U.K. rmcdon6@emory.edu The Carter Centre U.K. is an independently registered company and charity in the United Kingdom. Charity number: 1102654 Company number: 4844231 Carter Centre United Kingdom 1st Floor 14 St. Mary's Street Stamford, Lincs. PE9 2DF United Kingdom Tel/Fax: 01780 767594 http://www.cartercentre.org.uk/ |
The Carter Centre United Kingdom
The Carter Centre United Kingdom and Foundation, a nonprofit organization and charity, support the work of The Carter Center —based in Atlanta, Ga. —founded more than two decades ago by former U.S. President and Nobel Peace laureate Jimmy Carter and his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The Carter Center promotes global efforts to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope by engaging with those at the highest levels of government and by working in partnership with governments and civil society. Working in close partnership with The Carter Center, The Carter Centre United Kingdom supports the Center's work by raising funds and increasing awareness in the United Kingdom and Europe. The Center's programmes, implemented to date in more than 70 countries around the world, prevent and resolve conflicts, promote sustainable development and human rights, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve people's health and quality of life, including the near eradication of Guinea worm disease. The Carter Centre United Kingdom is supported by donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, and countries. Carter Centre U.K. Highlights Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Carter Centre UK joined forces with Business in the Community for its Awards for Excellence 2005, a gala dinner held July 5, 2005, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Sponsored by Marks & Spencer, the dinner celebrated the most inspiring examples of the ways in which business has a positive impact on society. During the event, The Carter Centre UK highlighted the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme.
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