Bill Gates Makes The Largest Donation Ever Toward A Humanitarian Cause

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 class="storytitle" style="font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 32px !important; font-weight: 400; line-height: 44px !important;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged </span><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/09/Gates-Foundation-Commits-$50%20Million-to-Support-Emergency-Response-to-Ebola" style="color: #0099ff; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">$50 million</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> to fight the viral outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, the largest donation ever toward a humanitarian cause.</span></h2> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> <img alt="Bill Gates ebola donation" class="img-blogger" src="http://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2014/09/sn1ma-bill-gates.jpg" style="max-width: 600px;" /><br /><span class="photo-desc" style="color: #999999; font-size: 11px; font-style: oblique;">AP / Getty Images</span></div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> The funds would immediately benefit United Nations agencies and international organizations involved in containing and treating the virus, allowing them to purchase necessary medical supplies and increase emergency operations.</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> From the foundation's total pledge, $5 million has already gone toward the World Health Organization (WHO), while another $5 million has been allocated for UNICEF efforts in some of the hardest hit regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> The fight against Ebola has officially found a deep-pocketed ally in the world's richest man.</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> <em>Source: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/bill-gates-foundation-ebola_n_5811592.html" style="color: #0099ff; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Huff Post</a></em></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Bill Gates Makes The Largest Donation Ever Toward A Humanitarian Cause

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged  $50 million  to fight the viral outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, the largest donatio...

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