Bill Gates Recently Took A Humanitarian Trip To Africa
Bill Gates recently took a trip to South Africa and Kenya where he surveyed the work of his foundation: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
During the trip he first visited a clinic in Durban South Africa, which works to improve the quality of water and sanitation. Then he visited Bophelo Pele a male circumcision centre.
In Kenya he went to the small town of Eldoret where he learnt about M-Pesa the successful mobile transfer service, ending the trip in the town of Kabiyet where he learnt all about dairy farming.
Quoting Mr Gates post at The Gates Notes concerning the trip
Africa is home to 15 percent of the world’s population and many of its poorest citizens. While the continent faces many challenges in reaching the targets of the Millennium Development Goals, the projects I visited show how progress in reaching these goals is possible and can be accelerated.
That’s why Africa is a particular focus for the foundation.
It is great that such an influential and powerful person as Mr. Gates took the time to try and solve some of Africas’ problems
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