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Archbishop Desmond Tutu retires from his tireless work to achieve world peace and restoring South Africa. In 1998 Tutu, and his wife Leah, founded the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, an organisation to encourage and inspire future generations to commit themselves to work for world peace. "This brings together the vision for the centre as an important rallying point for all who strive for social justice; it will also be a space where we can celebrate our diversity and inter-connectedness, our ubuntu", said Bishop Tutu in 2009. Bishop Desmond Tutu, champion for peace, retires on his 79th birthday. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Laureate, emerged as a voice for the voiceless during apartheid in South Africa; someone who was able to "articulate the aspirations and the anguishes" of marginalised people. President Obama said today of Tutu's retirement: " It is with deep appreciation that I note Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s retirement from public life today on the occasio...

President Obama plans to donate a portion of the his Nobel Peace Prize award to various charities. The list of charities (and their amounts) include: Fisher House ($250,000), a national non-profit organization that provides housing for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. College Summit ($125,000),  a national non-profit organization that partners with elementary and middle schools and school districts to strengthen college-going culture and increase college enrollment rates, so that all students graduate from high school career and college-ready. The Posse Foundation ($125,000), a national non-profit organization that identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. Posse’s college and university partners award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships. The scholars graduate at a rate of ...