Gates Foundation pledges $3 million for aid to tsunami victims

Drakon · Dec 31, 2004, 06:37 PM

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $3 million and Amazon.com has raised more than $3.5 million in online donations to aid South Asian countries devastated by tsunamis.

Millions of U.S. dollars were flowing to relief agencies around the world to supply food, water, shelter and health care to the region. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the disaster that struck a dozen countries from Thailand to Somalia. Countless thousands more were injured and displaced.

Microsoft's company offices in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India are working with relief organizations, a spokeswoman said. The company also is encouraging employees to contribute. Under an existing program, Microsoft matches charitable donations by its U.S. employees.

Online bookseller Amazon.com began collecting donations for the American Red Cross on its Web site almost immediately, said company spokesman Craig Berman. By Wednesday evening, there had been 60,000 online donations totaling $3.5 million.

The company did the same thing for the agency following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, collecting more than $6.8 million.

Starbucks Corp. has contributed $100,000 to two international relief organizations -- CARE and Oxfam UK. It plans next month to donate $2 for every pound of Sumatra, Sumatra Decaf and Aged Sumatra whole-bean coffee bought in its stores worldwide.
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Source: SFGate

nForcer · Dec 31, 2004, 09:06 PM

His company may be a bit, ... well we'll use the word 'different' as far as company policies n' such but HE's got a big heart.

I have not even earned 3 million let alone be in a position to donate it!

LeanWolf · Jan 1, 2005, 08:46 PM

drop in the bucket for him. Gates can afford to give everyone in the whole world 5$

BlueMak · Jan 2, 2005, 07:29 AM

He doesn't have to give a singe $ to anyone and yet he still gives. Perhaps there is a heart inside him after all. :-)
Actually I think he is a very cool guy.

Dec 31, 2004, 06:37 PM	#1
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Gates Foundation pledges $3 million for aid to tsunami victims The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $3 million and Amazon.com has raised more than $3.5 million in online donations to aid South Asian countries devastated by tsunamis. Millions of U.S. dollars were flowing to relief agencies around the world to supply food, water, shelter and health care to the region. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the disaster that struck a dozen countries from Thailand to Somalia. Countless thousands more were injured and displaced. Microsoft's company offices in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India are working with relief organizations, a spokeswoman said. The company also is encouraging employees to contribute. Under an existing program, Microsoft matches charitable donations by its U.S. employees. Online bookseller Amazon.com began collecting donations for the American Red Cross on its Web site almost immediately, said company spokesman Craig Berman. By Wednesday evening, there had been 60,000 online donations totaling $3.5 million. The company did the same thing for the agency following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, collecting more than $6.8 million. Starbucks Corp. has contributed $100,000 to two international relief organizations -- CARE and Oxfam UK. It plans next month to donate $2 for every pound of Sumatra, Sumatra Decaf and Aged Sumatra whole-bean coffee bought in its stores worldwide. ___________________ Source: SFGate

Jan 1, 2005, 08:46 PM	#3
LeanWolf alpha male Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Skyrim Posts: 5,714 Rep Power: 84 System Specs	drop in the bucket for him. Gates can afford to give everyone in the whole world 5$ __________________

Jan 2, 2005, 07:29 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,481 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	He doesn't have to give a singe $ to anyone and yet he still gives. Perhaps there is a heart inside him after all. :-) Actually I think he is a very cool guy. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 31, 2004, 09:06 PM	#2
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	His company may be a bit, ... well we'll use the word 'different' as far as company policies n' such but HE's got a big heart. I have not even earned 3 million let alone be in a position to donate it!