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| Aug 14, 2008 | Emergency Grants to Help People Most Affected by Global Food Crisis
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $17.6 million package of grants to help people most affected by the global food crisis and support small-scale farmers in developing countries. |
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| Aug 13, 2008 | Mexican Organization Awarded Prize for Bringing Information and Technology to Remote, Indigenous Communities
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented its 2008 Access to Learning Award of US$1 million to the Vasconcelos Program in Mexico's Veracruz state for its innovative efforts to connect people to information and knowledge through free access to computers, the Internet, and training. |
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| Jun 27, 2008 | ICGEB Recieves Grant to Strengthen and Expand Biosafety Systems in Subsaharan Africa
TRIESTE, Italy -- The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) today announced a US $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help support the development of effective safety and regulatory systems for biotechnology in Africa. |
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| Jun 25, 2008 | EnterpriseWorks Receives Grant to Develop Low-Cost Domestic Rainwater Harvesting System
Washington, D.C. -- EnterpriseWorks today announced a five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| Jun 16, 2008 | Mercy Corps Launches Innovative Microfinance Program to Help Millions of People in Indonesia
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced an innovative approach to poverty reduction in Indonesia and the Philippines that will support the growth of the microfinance sector. |
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| May 9, 2008 | CARE, Save the Children, and World Vision Receive Grants for Emergency Response in Myanmar
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $1 million grants to three organizations―CARE, Save the Children, and World Vision―working to address the most pressing needs resulting from Cyclone Nargis. |
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| Apr 30, 2008 | CRS Announces Grant to Help Small-Scale Farmers Protect Cassava from Disease
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A $21.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is enabling Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its partners to help small farmers in central and east Africa protect cassava―a critical source of food and income―from two spreading pandemics that are decimating as much as 70 percent of crop yields. |
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| Apr 30, 2008 | University Announces Grant to Boost Incomes of Poorest Farmers in Africa
LONDON -- An initiative led by the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute in close partnership with organizations in five African countries―Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi―aims to significantly boost the incomes of small-scale African farmers by linking them to new markets. |
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| Apr 9, 2008 | City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs Joins Foundation to Lead Global Libraries Initiative
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Public Library board of trustees announced today that City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs has accepted a position with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will leave her Library post July 2, 2008. |
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| Apr 2, 2008 | Cornell University to Lead Broad Global Partnership to Combat Wheat Rust Disease and Protect Resource-Poor Farmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University today announced a $26.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a broad-based global partnership to combat a deadly wheat disease that poses an enormous threat to global food security. |
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| Mar 26, 2008 | Bulgarian Libraries to Offer No-Cost Public Access to Internet Services and Training
SOFIA, BULGARIA -- The Ministry of Culture and the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) announced today that the planning phase of project Bulgarian Libraries―Access Points to Information and Communication for All―kicks off in April 2008 with a grant of $606,000 provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| Mar 19, 2008 | African Agricultural Technology Foundation to Develop Drought-Tolerant Maize Varieties for Small-Scale Farmers in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda -- The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) today announced a public-private partnership to develop drought-tolerant maize varieties for Africa. |
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| Feb 27, 2008 | First Microinsurance Agency Established in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan -- The First Microinsurance Agency (FMiA) was inaugurated today as Pakistan's first dedicated micro-insurance agency. |
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| Feb 25, 2008 | NEPAD-Michigan State University partnership to bolster Africa's biosafety capacity
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and Michigan State University today announced a $1.5 million grant to MSU from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to bolster Africa's biosafety expertise. |
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| Feb 22, 2008 | Grant to Support Women's Programs in West Africa
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $19 million grant to a poverty reduction and women's empowerment project supported by the United Nations Development Programme and designed to boost the productivity and income of women farmers using low-cost, mechanized power. |
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| Feb 6, 2008 | Opportunity International's Micro Insurance Agency to Develop and Provide Life, Health and Crop Insurance for 21 Million Poor People
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Opportunity International, one of the world’s largest microfinance organizations, today announced it has received a $24.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| Feb 5, 2008 | International Medical Corps Receives Grant for Emergency Response in Kenya
LOS ANGELES -- International Medical Corps (IMC) today announced a $2.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its emergency response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis following Kenya's contested presidential election last month. |
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| Jan 29, 2008 | New Award to Fund Library Projects in Developing Countries
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- With the help of a $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries initiative, READ Global intends to double the number of libraries, triple the number of countries in which it operates and bring the number of people whose lives it touches to about two million. |
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| Jan 25, 2008 | $306 Million Commitment to Agricultural Development
DAVOS, Switzerland -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $306 million package of agricultural development grants designed to boost the yields and incomes of millions of small farmers in Africa and other parts of the developing world so they can lift themselves and their families out of hunger and poverty. |
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| Jan 25, 2008 | IDE Receives Second Grant From Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Lakewood, Colo. -- International Development Enterprises (IDE) today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers. |
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