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The Nobel Peace prize money $1.4
million has been donated to 10 charities
by the US President Barrack Obama,
according to the White House sources.
The Fisher House that provides housing
for patients’ families treated
at the military and veteran hospital
got the chunk of the money at $250,000.
The Haiti relief funds of Bill Clinton
and George W Bush will get $200,000.
Other organizations that will receive
the prize money are: College Summit,
Posse Foundation, United Negro College
Fund, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Appalachian
Leadership and Education Foundation,
American Indian College Fund, AfriCare
and the Central Asia Institute. The
Central Asia Institute promotes community
based education and literacy in remote
regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan,
with a special focus on girls.
The prize was awarded to Obama in
October last year amidst huge controversy.
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