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How a U.S. jobs charity plans to spend $20 million from Mackenzie Scott

How a U.S. jobs charity plans to spend $20 million from Mackenzie Scott

ANASTASIA MOLONEY ON Monday, Steven Preston, who heads a non-profit helping vulnerable Americans find jobs, received a call from MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott, the world's 18th-richest person, told Preston she was donating $20 million to his organization - Goodwill Industries International - which helps people of color, people with disabilities and people without a high school diploma, among others, find work. In the past four months, Scott has donated more than $4 billion to food banks and emergency relief funds fighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to…
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Nigeria’s battered farmers to get $20 million to aid crop output

Nigeria’s battered farmers to get $20 million to aid crop output

ABRAHAM ACHIRGA and LIBBY GEORGE MARY Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants. A widow with seven children, she is among the 70% of all Nigerians employed in agriculture. She has grown sesame, maize and cassava her whole life, but coronavirus lockdowns forced her to abandon her three hectares. "We stayed at home, and everything came to a standstill," she said, speaking in her village of Bakin Kogi in Nasarawa state, east of the capital Abuja. Daniel is now among 65,000 Nigerian farmers who will access tractors, seeds,…
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