The Gates Foundation plans to increase the annual gift expenditure to $ 9 billion by 2026

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on the 13th that it is planned to increase annual gift expenditure to $ 9 billion by 2026, an increase of 50%from the new crown epidemic.

The Gates Foundation said in a statement that the decision aims to help cope with the multi -global crisis, including the new crown epidemic that is still raging around the world. Affected by the new crown epidemic, the world's progress in the fields of eliminating diseases that prevent diseases, improve education, achieve gender equality, and reduce poverty reduction has fallen into stagnation or retrogression.

The co -chair of the foundation of the foundation Bill Gates announced on the 13th that he had donated $ 20 billion in the foundation through his personal social media account, and the well -known investor Voron Buffett announced in June that he donated $ 3.1 billion to the foundation. These two donations will make the total funds of the foundation reach about $ 70 billion.

Bill Gates said that there has been huge setbacks worldwide in the past few years, but he sees the extraordinary courage and dedication of people around the world. He hopes that more donations can help people reduce pain and promote the foundation of the foundation to give everyone a chance to live a healthy and effective life.

The Foundation stated that the new donation will help the Foundation to increase investment in existing attention areas, including global health and development, gender equality, and educational projects focusing on low -income countries.

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