Obama donates Nobel prize money to charity

President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4m from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organisations he said "do extraordinary work".

Obama donates Nobel prize money to charity

President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4m from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organisations he said "do extraordinary work".

Mr Obama is giving a total of $750,000 (€546,852) to six groups that help children go to college.

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