Archive for January, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Doctors skirted a bureaucratic logjam to save the life of two critically ill child victims of Haiti’s earthquake on Sunday, flying them to U.S. hospitals on a private jet to avoid a military suspension of medical evacuation flights. A 5-year-old tetanus victim and a 14-month-old boy critically ill with pneumonia were sent... »

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Relief workers began handing out women-only food coupons, launching a new phase of what they hope will be less cutthroat aid distribution to ensure that families and the weak get supplies following Haiti’s devastating earthquake. Young men often force their way to the front of aid delivery lines or steal from it... »

January 15, 2010 Statement on Emergency Response to Haiti The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s thoughts are with the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck on January 12, 2010. We have awarded two grants to respond to the immediate- and medium-term needs of those affected by the earthquake. On January 14,... »

SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced $38 million in new grants designed to help some of the world’s leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide the poor with safe, affordable places to save their money. Six grants will help 18 MFIs, which currently focus on microcredit, expand their portfolios and make savings... »