Many people have known Bill Gates for years as one of the richest men in the world, and he has become a benchmark in this regard. However, what many do not know is that the co-founder of Microsoft has made important contributions to the planet. Continue reading and understand how Bill Gates is helping the world.
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A bit of Gates trajectory
What propelled Bill Gates to the top of the list of billionaires was his success at the forefront of Microsoft, at the expense of many late nights, in which he and his business partners developed the company's software company.
A father of three, Gates has been involved in philanthropic causes around the world with his wife, Melinda. The couple began to dedicate themselves to trying to solve global health problems, such as, for example, the eradication of diseases and the accessibility of sanitation systems.
Social causes
With his wife, Bill Gates runs the richest global philanthropy foundation in the world (Bill and Melinda Gates), with a budget of about US$ 50 billion used in social projects.
In addition, the billionaire set up a global campaign together with his friend Warren Buffett, also a billionaire, in order to make the super-rich donate part of their fortune to social causes, and thus provide assistance to the people who most need.
sanitation for all
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation developed a kind of competition, in order to rethink the toilet, aiming to reach a new model that could treat sewage without the need for water or external plumbing, and, in addition, that would have a cost accessible.
Helping vulnerable countries
Gates has already injected his money into causes to help countries that were going through vulnerable situations, as in the period when Haiti was devastated by an earthquake, in 2010, for example.
Task force to prevent new pandemics
Thinking about ensuring conditions for countries to be prepared against the next agent unknown infectious disease, Gates proposed the creation of a kind of international task force of surveillance.
The idea is to hire a team of 3,000 qualified professionals, who will be coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Thus, the teams should assist national health agencies in studies on new outbreaks and diseases that have the potential to become pandemics.
