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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation facts for kids

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation front
Front building in Seattle

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is a non-profit organisation that donates money to fight diseases and poverty. It was founded by Bill Gates, the founder and previous CEO of Microsoft and his wife Melinda Gates.

The money comes from the billions of dollars Bill Gates earned from Microsoft.

Images for kids

  • B&M Gates Complex

    Headquarters complex in Seattle as seen from the Space Needle

  • Life expectancy in 1800, 1950, and 2015

    Life expectancy in 1800, 1950, and 2015 – visualization by Our World in Data

  • Sanitation Value Chain

    The "sanitation value chain" used by the Gates Foundation to illustrate their approach to sanitation, showing collection, transport, treatment and reuse.

  • The vision of a toilet that is small - and pleasant - enough to fit inside someone's home (prototype but not fully functional) (13359389583)

    Example for technology innovation: The off-grid Nano Membrane Toilet of Cranfield University – prototype on display at Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Delhi, India