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In 2010, Bill, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett founded the Giving Pledge, an effort to encourage the world’s wealthiest families and individuals to publicly commit more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes and charitable organizations during their lifetime or in their will. Bill grew up in Seattle with two sisters.
July 2011: The foundation awards grants to 16 researchers around the world to develop reinvented toilet technologies based on innovative approaches and engineering processes. August 2012: We host a two-day Reinvent the Toilet Fair at our headquarters in Seattle to showcase sanitation projects and reinvented toilet prototypes.
Berlin, Germany. We opened our Berlin office in 2018 to deepen our partnerships with governments, civil society organizations, researchers, and other institutions across Germany and continental Europe. Our Berlin team focuses on building donor support and mobilizing resources for improving global health outcomes and alleviating poverty.
At a glance. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide, with an estimated 10 million new cases in 2019. Current approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating TB are inadequate. Drug-resistant strains of TB have also emerged, creating a growing sense of urgency to control the spread of the disease.
We pursue our mission with focus, discipline, and rigor to maximize our impact. The challenges we seek to overcome demand thoughtful analysis, intellectual dialogue, and commitment to data integrity, although not to the point of paralysis. We strive to hold ourselves to the highest standards and expect others to do the same.
Kanwaljit Singh, Ph.D. Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Kanwaljit Singh leads the foundation’s work on digital identity, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. Digital IDs are transforming the fight against poverty by providing individuals with secure and accessible identification.
Agricultural Development. Our goal. To support farmers and governments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that are seeking a sustainable, inclusive agricultural transformation—one that creates economic opportunity, respects limits on natural resources, and gives everyone equal access to affordable, nutritious food. Our strategy. Areas of focus.
