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| − | Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, we focus on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, we seek to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/foundation-fact-sheet.aspx Foundation Fact Sheet], Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref> | + | :Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, we focus on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, we seek to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.<ref>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/foundation-fact-sheet.aspx Foundation Fact Sheet], Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref> |
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| + | A Los Angeles Times article of 2007 reported that while the Gates Foundation funds a polio and measles vaccination drive in Ebocha, Nigeria, at the same time it has invested in oil companies that are polluting the Niger Delta with flares, seriously undermining public health. The LA Times article states that the Gates Foundation | ||
| + | :has invested $423 million in [[Eni]], Royal Dutch [[Shell]], [[ExxonMobil]] Corp., [[Chevron]] Corp. and [[Total]] of France — the companies responsible for most of the flares blanketing the [Niger] delta with pollution, beyond anything permitted in the United States or Europe.<ref>Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, [http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation], Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:21, 5 September 2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, and was founded by Bill and Melinda Gates.
Here is how the Foundation describes its mission on its website:
- Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, we focus on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, we seek to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.[1]
Activities in Nigeria
A Los Angeles Times article of 2007 reported that while the Gates Foundation funds a polio and measles vaccination drive in Ebocha, Nigeria, at the same time it has invested in oil companies that are polluting the Niger Delta with flares, seriously undermining public health. The LA Times article states that the Gates Foundation
- has invested $423 million in Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total of France — the companies responsible for most of the flares blanketing the [Niger] delta with pollution, beyond anything permitted in the United States or Europe.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ Foundation Fact Sheet, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation website, accessed 4 Sept 2009
- ↑ Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon, Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2007, accessed 4 Sept 2009
