From: <b class="gmail_sendername">vern weitzel</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vern.weitzel@gmail.com">vern.weitzel@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<span><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">Phi Huynhdo <<a href="mailto:phihuynhdo@gmail.com" target="_blank">phihuynhdo@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br>Gates Foundation Pledges $750 Million to Global Fund<br>
<div><br><br>The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it is committing $750 million to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and<br>malaria<<a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/malaria-drug-breakthrough-made.html" target="_blank">http://www.care2.com/greenliving/malaria-drug-breakthrough-made.html</a>><br>
.<br>“These are tough economic times, but that is no excuse for cutting aid to<br>the world’s poorest. The Global Fund is one of the most effective ways we invest our money every year. By supporting the Global Fund, we can help to change the fortunes of the poorest countries in the world. I can’t think of more important work.”<br>
– Bill Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation<br><br>The Global Fund works to create economic opportunity and to help people living in poverty<<a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/green-jobs-offer-youth-a-way-out-of-poverty.html" target="_blank">http://www.care2.com/greenliving/green-jobs-offer-youth-a-way-out-of-poverty.html</a>>to be less dependent on aid. The $750 million dollars is in addition to the $650 million the Gates Foundation has contributed to the Global Fund since it was launched 10 years ago.<br>
<br>Read more:<br><a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/gates-foundation-pledges-750-million-to-global-fund-infographic.html#ixzz1katcUyOy" target="_blank">http://www.care2.com/greenliving/gates-foundation-pledges-750-million-to-global-fund-infographic.html#ixzz1katcUyOy</a><br>
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