2. INTRODUCTION
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is founded by
Bill and Melinda Gates.
Primary Aims
Expand educational Enhance healthcare
opportunities and access to and reduce extreme
information technology poverty
3. INTRODUCTION
The foundation is controlled by 3 trustees:
-Bill Gates
-Melinda Gates
-Warren Buffett
2007
Its founders were ranked as the second most generous
philanthropists in America.
2010
They started The Commission on Education of Health
Professionals for the 21st Century titled as "Transforming
education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent
world"
4. HISTORY (1990 -2000 )
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1994
The foundation was formed as the William H. Gates
Foundation with an initial stock gift of US$94 million.
1999
The foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. Gates gave an additional US$126 million.
2005
Bill and Melinda Gates, were named by Time as Persons of
the Year 2005 for their charitable work.
2006
Gates planned to transition out of a day-to-day role
with Microsoft.
5. IMPACT OF THEIR VENTURE
The Children's
Vaccine Program, This helps many
received a donation people to vaccinate
of US$27 million to against the
help vaccinate Japanese
against Japanese encephalitis.
encephalitis
The International Bank for
Reconstruction and This resulted in
Development received US$1.2 more people being
million sustainable ways to make able to have access
water, sanitation and hygiene to clean and
services safer and more affordable water.
affordable..
The foundation build a campaign with
wanting "ensuring that if you can get to a This resulted in
public library, you can reach more people having
the Internet." Public libraries were given access to the
grants, installed computers and software, internet
and training and technical support were
provided.
