Bill Gates Speaks at Rotary Assembly
Posted by James A Dunny
Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, announced on Wednesday, January 21, at the Rotary International Assembly an increase in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's challenge grant for polio eradication to Rotary International.
One of Rotary's longest-standing campaigns has received a big boost
with the infusion of $635 million into the global effort to eradicate
polio -- a new $255 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation announced by Bill Gates at the assembly, an additional $100
million that Rotary will match over the next three years, which is part
of the US$200 Million Challenge grant -- as well as a combined $280
million pledged by the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom
that does not count toward the money to be raised for the Gates
Foundation matching grant.
To view a video of Bill Gates' address to the International Assembly click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH1vPTVGHOk
To view a video of Bill Gates' address to the International Assembly click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH1vPTVGHOk