Mercy Corps [to 1 November 2014]
http://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases

Heavy fighting in South Sudan disrupts Mercy Corps humanitarian operations
South Sudan, October 31, 2014
Mercy Corps staff are safe despite renewed heavy fighting in Bentiu
Bentiu, South Sudan – The global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps has temporarily curtailed its humanitarian operations in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State in South Sudan, as widespread fighting erupted this week. Mercy Corps staff have had to seek safety in United Nations bunkers to escape intense gunfire and shelling…

USAID, Skoll Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada announce joint investment in VisionSpring
October 27, 2014
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Skoll Foundation, and Grand Challenges Canada announced today a joint investment in VisionSpring, a pioneering social enterprise, to scale up their innovative business model for providing affordable and appropriate eyeglasses and vision care to people living at the base of the economic pyramid.