Bill Gates

Bill Gates: An Amazing Philanthropist In his article, ‘What should a Billionaire give?’ writer Peter Singer talked about unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the poor. He talked about the values of life between rich and poor people. Since all men are created equal, the rich should always help the poor to balance the huge difference of wealth between the two classes. To most wealthy people, it’s always about making more money. Some wealthy people, on the other hand, actually give away a ridiculous sum of money to help people in need. Bill gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, is one of the few billionaires who realized that he had an obligation to give more of his wealth to charity. In 2000, with the help of his wife Melinda Gates, combined several family foundations to form the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF). The important goals of the B&MGF are, enhancing healthcare globally, reducing extreme poverty and expanding educational opportunities and access to information technology. To begin, the most important goal of the B&MGF is to enhance healthcare globally through their Global Health Program (GHP). The main aim of the GHP is to promote global health issues by addressing them head-on. The B&MGF gives out approximately $800 million every year to fight against global health problems. As of 2012, the B&MGF donated over $1.3 billion to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. One key focus of the B&MGF is, in partnership with Rotary International, the eradication of Poliomyelitis (polio). The B&MGF provides 17% ($86 million in 2006) of the world budget for the attempted eradication of polio. The Children's Vaccine GHP received a donation of $27 million to help vaccinate against Japanese encephalitis on December 9, 2003. The B&MGF also gave the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation more than $280 million to develop and license an improved vaccine against tuberculosis for use in high burden countries. Moreover, reducing extreme poverty is another