Bill Gates Plans To Save 8 Million Lives With $10 Billion!

[jefXfree]

This morning, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, announced that they are investing $10 billion into a 10-year program that will focus on providing vaccines for AIDS, tuberculosis, rota virus and pneumonia to countries around the world!

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the power couple, who have devoted most of their time to their philanthropic foundation, both Bill and Melinda said that the potential impact of providing these vaccines early enough to people, especially children, who need them, will decrease the amount of deaths in the next decade dramatically. Melinda Gates explained to the forum:

"Vaccines are a miracle. With just a few doses, they can prevent deadly diseases for a lifetime. We've made vaccines our priority at the Gates Foundation because we've seen firsthand their incredible impact on children's lives. By significantly scaling up the delivery of life-saving vaccines in developing countries to 90 percent coverage — including new vaccines to prevent severe diarrhea and pneumonia — the model suggests that we could prevent the deaths of some 7.6 million children under 5 from 2010-2019."

 

[mobius387]

you know, i do a lot of complaining about rich people and how they hardly donate. like when someone like brad pitt donates $100k everyone thinks its so awesome, yet he has $100 mil sitting in the bank. it would be like me donating $10. big puking deal. the mega rich of the past were much more productive to society, building schools, museums, even cities.

mr. and mrs. gates are a starling example of what good people can do with a lot of money. its nice to see someone with a good head on their shoulders that has a lot of green in their pocket.

 

[DaMexiRican]

Most of the time when you celebrities donating money its a benefit for them in the tax area..

 

[49ergirl]

Most of the time when you celebrities donating money its a benefit for them in the tax area..

haha Mr. negative. I love when they donate, because they really research what they're going to do and find something that will actually make a huge impact on people.

 

[jefXfree]

you know, i do a lot of complaining about rich people and how they hardly donate. like when someone like brad pitt donates $100k everyone thinks its so awesome, yet he has $100 mil sitting in the bank. it would be like me donating $10. big puking deal. the mega rich of the past were much more productive to society, building schools, museums, even cities.

mr. and mrs. gates are a starling example of what good people can do with a lot of money. its nice to see someone with a good head on their shoulders that has a lot of green in their pocket.

I agree. I heard somewhere that his kids are only getting like 1-10% of his money when he dies and the rest of his billions are going into charity.