1. The (Bill and Melinda) Gates Foundation In this century, our world has the opportunity to fulfill the great human promise that all lives have equal value.

2. National Public Radio Highlights Gates Foundation

5. Balancing power = preventing hierarchies Co-chairs: – Bill Gates – Melinda French Gates – William H. Gates Sr.

6. Founded in: 1994 #s without Borders

7. Founded in: 1994 Employees: around 850 #s without Borders

8. Founded in: 1994 Employees: around 850 Asset trust endowment: $33 billion #s without Borders

9. Founded in: 1994 Employees: around 850 Asset trust endowment: $33 billion Works in: over 100 countries #s without Borders

10. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” “Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.” Giving a hand up…

11. 1.Discovery Global Health is as easy as 1, 2, 3…

12. 1.Discovery 1.Delivery Global Health is as easy as 1, 2, 3…

13. 1.Discovery 1.Delivery 1.Policy & Advocacy Global Health is as easy as 1, 2, 3…

14. Ethiopian government trained 32,000+ women as Health Extension Workers – Track demographics – 50% reduction in malaria The Living Proof Project in Ethiopia

15. With great power, comes great responsibility! Will spend the whole endowment within 50 years after Bill and Melinda Gates die Post-UN world: quicker decisions Sustainable? Yes!

16. Too powerful as the largest private foundation? Weaknesses

17. “Philanthrocapitalism” Similar to Rockefeller and Carnegie “Put crudely, the super-rich need to stay super-rich for their charitable enterprises to function.”

18. Thank god for the internet! http://www.gatesfoundation.org http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94 3%3Ala-via-campesina-denounces-gates-foundation-purchase-of-monsanto- company-shares&catid=49%3Astop-transnational-corporations&Itemid=76 http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94 3%3Ala-via-campesina-denounces-gates-foundation-purchase-of-monsanto- company-shares&catid=49%3Astop-transnational-corporations&Itemid=76 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/12/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation