Home
Funding Areas
About Us
"That is garbage, it’s garbage, it’s bullshit, and it should not happen," Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said Tuesday after a 4-year-old girl was killed and her mother severely injured by a hit-and-run driver.
Zekani Hymes-Wilson and her mother, Gloria Hymes, were crossing the street around 4pm when they were hit by the car, which fled the scene, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Gloria Hymes was hospitalized with broken bones, while Zekani was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Police say a 30-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman were arrested Tuesday night after a police chase in which the driver lost control of the car and crashed in a parking lot, WISN reports.
The woman fled on foot, but was apprehended later.
"They did not give up easily," Johnson said at a press conference near the scene of the accident.
"They just kept on going as if they hit a pothole, like they ran over a box, like it was nothing."
"When people drive recklessly and act without caution, they not only risk injuring themselves but also endanger the lives of others.
This time, a 4-year-old child was killed, and her mother was
Selected Grant News Headlines
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
The Philadelphia area is home to more cell and gene therapy companies than anywhere else in the world, according to a new report from the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. The area is...more
A safe place for women to stay as they transition from temporary housing to more permanent housing has received a $20,000 grant from a Denver charity. The Welcome Village at the Colorado Village...more
The UN Population Fund is looking for young Somali women to help end female genital mutilation and force marriage in their country, the New York Times reports. The EmpowerHer Innovation Challenge...more
Online safety is a global problem, and regulators from around the world are coming together to try to do something about it. The Global Online Safety Regulators Network, made up of national...more
"Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.... Our Wheels of IMPACT will continue to heal trauma-related experiences while transporting our children to appointments, school...more
A 16-year-old girl in Nigeria is in critical condition after being hit by a car while walking to school on Friday, the Guardian reports. Per Channels TV, the girl, identified only as Zainab, was...more
A woman in India is in police custody after allegedly dousing eight women with hot oil, including a child, following an argument, the Times of India reports. Jonali Hazarika Kalita, 32, is...more
"Just as mammals play to develop skills and learn about the world, humans engage in various forms of play to understand social norms and interact with each other,"Songyee Yoon writes in her bookPush...more
"Children deserve the same medicines and care as adults," says Carlo Giaquinto, a paediatrician in Italy who noticed during the HIV epidemic of the 1980s that kids weren't included in clinical...more
The UN's first-ever International Day of Play will be held on June 11, 2024, and it's being hailed as a way to raise awareness of the importance of play in a changing world. A press release...more
Children News from...
Pew Charitable Trusts
William Penn Foundation
Nike
Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight
Philanthropy as Key Enabler to Work on ‘Wicked Problems’
Australia’s Melbourne City Mission Chief Executive Officer Ric Holland writes how philanthropy can act as an enabler on many levels.
