Obama Nobel money goes to ten charities

Four months after the US leader received the prestigious honor in Oslo, the White House said he would split the US$1.4 million that comes with the prize between several charitable organizations.

A quarter of a million dollars will go to Fisher House, an NGO that provides housing for the families of US soldiers being treated at military hospitals, the White House said.

Another US$200,000 will be given to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, a charity set up after Haiti's devastating January 12 quake and administered by former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

A large portion of the award money will go to support the education of underprivileged and minority students, with gifts of US$125,000 going to four groups that help students from African-American, Hispanic, American-Indian and Appalachian communities.

Two other groups that provide scholarships and educational assistance will also each get 125,000 dollar gifts.

Two charities that work overseas — AfriCare, which works primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, and the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education in Pakistan and Afghanistan — will each receive US$100,000.

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