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    CORPORATE

    SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY

    BY:KUNWAR ADITYA

    RITU RAJ

    SHREYA CHAKRABORTY

    AP - VII

    BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

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    INTRODUCTION} Founded in 1994 by Bill Gates and Melinda

    Gates in Seattle, Washington

    } Largest transparently operated privatefoundation in the world

    } Focus on Education, Healthcare and ending

    poverty

    } Method: through donations & grants

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    SOME STATISTICS} Number of employees: approximately 858

    } Asset trust endowment: $33 billion

    } Total grant commitments since inception: $22.93billion

    } Total 2009 grant payments: $3.0 billion

    } Donations from the foundation each year is atleast over US$1.5 billion, as at least 5% of the assetsof the foundation is donated

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    PROJECTS

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    ACTIVITIES

    }Global Development Program

    }Global Health Program

    } United States Program

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    GLOBALDEVELOPMENT

    PROGRAM

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTPROGRAM

    }Mission: Increase opportunities for peoplein developing countries to overcomehunger and poverty.

    } Programs:

    } Agricultural development

    } Financial services for the poor

    } Global special initiatives

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Agricultural development

    } Rice Research

    } Investment: $19.9 million to the InternationalRice Research Institute

    } Intended to support the increasing demand

    the world has placed on rice

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Agricultural development

    } Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa(AGRA)

    } Partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation

    } Initial investment: $100 million

    } Mission: To enhance agricultural scienceand small-farm productivity in Africa

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Financial services for the poor

    } Financial Access Initiative

    } Investment: $5 million

    } Mission: To do field research and answerimportant questions about

    }micro finance

    } financial access

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Financial services for the poor

    } Grameen Foundation

    } Investment: $1.5 million

    } Mission:

    } To make more microloans

    } To help five million additional families

    } To free 50% of families from poverty within fiveyears.

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Financial services for the poor

    } Pro Mujer

    } Pro Mujer is:

    } a leading microfinance network in LatinAmerica

    } a pioneer at combining financial services with

    healthcare for the poorest womenentrepreneurs

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Financial services for the poor

    } Pro Mujer

    } Investment: $3.1 million

    } Mission: To research new opportunities forserving the very poorest segment of theLatin American microfinance market

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Global Special Initiatives

    } Mission: Response to catastrophes andlearning

    } Areas of interest:

    } Libraries

    } Water, hygiene & sanitation

    } Urban poverty} Emergency response

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Global Special Initiatives

    } Indian Ocean Earthquake(2004)

    } Donation: US$3 million

    } Amount given to charities like:

    } CARE international

    } International Rescue Committee

    } Mercy Corps} Save the Children

    } World Vision

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Global Special Initiatives

    } Kashmir Earthquake (2005)

    } Donation: US$500,000

    } Donations made to aid the victims of theearthquake.

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    GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:Global Special Initiatives

    } Water, Hygiene and Sanitation

    } Investment: US$1.2 million

    } Mission: To find new, sustainable ways to makewater, sanitation and hygiene services saferand more affordable

    } Investment done to: International Bank forReconstruction and Development

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    Global HealthProgram

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    Global Health Program

    } Mission:

    } To focus on the health problems that havea major impact in developing countries butget too little attention and funding

    } To invest in research and development of

    new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs,and diagnostics

    } Investment: approx. US$800 million every year

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    Global Health Program} Some Projects:

    } The Global Alliance for Vaccines and

    Immunization} Children's Vaccine Program

    } University of Washington Department ofGlobal Health

    } HIV Research

    } Avahan: India AIDS Initiative

    } Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

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    Global Health Program

    } Children's Vaccine Program

    }Run by the Program for AppropriateTechnology in Health (PATH)

    }Donation: US$27 million

    }Mission: To help vaccinate againstJapanese encephalitis

    } The Global Alliance for Vaccines andImmunization

    } Donation: US$750 million

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    Global Health Program

    } University of Washington Department ofGlobal Health

    } Investment: approx. US$30 million

    } Mission: To promote 3 of the Foundation's

    target areas:}Education

    }Pacific Northwest

    }Global health

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    Global Health Program} HIV Research

    } Investment: US$287 million to various

    HIV/AIDS researchers

    } Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

    }

    Investment: approx. US$280 million} Mission: To develop and license vaccine for

    tuberculosis for high burden countries.

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    Global Health Program

    } Avahan: India AIDS Initiative

    } Launched in 2003

    } Mission: To reduce the spread of HIV in India

    } Investment: $258 million(2003) - $338 million(2009)

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    Global Health Program

    } Avahan which means call to action inSanskrit has three primary objectives:

    } Build an HIV prevention model at scale in India

    }Catalyse others to take over and replicate themodel

    }

    Foster and disseminate lessons learned withinIndia and worldwide

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    United StatesProgram

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    United States Program

    } Mission: To help ensure greater opportunity forall Americans through the attainment of

    secondary and postsecondary educationwith genuine economic value.

    } Priority area:

    } Education} Libraries

    } Pacific Northwest

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    United States Program: Education

    } Some Projects

    } Smaller Schools

    } D.C. Achievers Scholarships

    } Gates Cambridge Scholarships

    } Gates Millennium Scholars

    }

    Strong American Schools} University Scholars Program

    } Washington State Achievers Scholarship

    } William H. Gates Public Service Law Program

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    United States Program: Education

    } Smaller schools

    } Problem: 1 in 5 students unable to read andgrasp what they read

    } Investment: approx. $250 million

    } Mission:

    } To reduce student-to-teacher ratios

    } To divide large high schools throughschools-within-a-school model

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    United States Program: Education

    }D.C. Achievers Scholarships} Investment: $122 million

    } Mission: To send District of Columbia'spoorest students to college

    }Gates Millennium Scholars}

    Investment: US$1.5 billion} Mission: Giving scholarships to high

    achieving minority students

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    United States Program: Education

    }Gates Cambridge Scholarships

    } Investment: US$210 million

    } Mission: To help outstanding graduatestudents outside of the United Kingdomstudy at the University of Cambridge

    } Approx. 100 new students are funded eachyear

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    United States Program: Libraries

    }Mission: Ensuring that if one can get to apublic library, one can reach the Internet

    } Investment: $12.2-million

    }

    The foundation has:} Installed computers and software

    } Provided training and technical support

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    United States Program: PacificNorthwest

    } Mission: To assist struggling families by:

    } Supporting innovative community organizations

    } Efforts that help break the cycle ofhomelessness

    } Programs:

    } Discovery Institute

    } Rainier Scholars

    } Computer History Museum

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    United States Program: PacificNorthwest

    } Discovery Institute

    } Investment: over US$9.35 million

    } Rainier Scholars

    } Investment: US$1 million

    } Computer History Museum

    } Donated US$15

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    AWARDS

    } In 2006, the Prince of Asturias Award forInternational Cooperation.

    } In 2009, the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,Disarmament and Development

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY} http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/hom

    e.aspx

    } http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

    } http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/foundation-fact-sheet.aspx

    } http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Page

    s/overview.aspx} http://www.gatesfoundation.org/avahan/Pa

    ges/overview.aspx

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    THANK YOU..

    ..for your patience!