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1. Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Has Pledged $100 Million To
Fight Ebola
Paul Allen Has Pledged $100 Million To Fighting Ebola - Business Insider
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Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen announced Thursday that he would be donating at least $100 million
to fighting Ebola, The New York Times reported.
"Everybody feels called sometimes to really pursue a certain thing that resonates with them, and this
has resonated with me," Allen told the Times. "We're up against an extremely tough opponent here.
The exponential nature of the growth of this disease is really a challenge -- we've already seen in the
U.S. where one case quickly became two."
The gift makes him one of the largest individual donors to contribute to the cause. He had previously
pledged $26 million to nonprofits and government agencies fighting the disease, including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The $100-million pledge also doubles his Microsoft cofounder's gift -- the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation announced in September that it would donate $50 million toward fighting the Ebola
outbreak.
Allen's donation will go to several different organizations, including the World Health Organization,
the United States State Department, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which
funds lab equipment in Liberia. Allen has also created a website, www.TackleEbola.com, to direct
smaller donors towards projects they can help fund.
"I got a taste when I was in Kenya a while ago of what medical care was in rural Africa," Allen said.
"I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their
medical clinic."
Allen confirmed the news of his donation via Twitter.
I'm committing at least $100M to #TackleEbola. Join me in helping those responding to this
outbreak at http://t.co/6Nd1JWfPEF
-- Paul Allen(@PaulGAllen) October 23, 2014

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