Billionaire Gates Pledges Million$ to Fight Polio
Thursday, Jan 22, 2009 | Updated 9:16 AM PST
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has pledged $250 million toward the international effort to eradicate polio.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has pledged $250 million toward the international effort to eradicate polio.
Gates announced his donation Wednesday night at a conference in San Diego for leaders of Rotary International. The group has been trying to match a $100 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007.
The Gates foundation has given $655 million to polio-eradication efforts since the late 1990s.
The 1.2 million-member Rotary International has raised more than $650 million since adopting the anti-polio cause in 1985 as its primary international mission.
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Posted Friday, Jul 17, 2009 - 6:06 PM PST
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