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Jenny Inglee

Title Education Editor
Organization TakePart

Jenny Inglee is the Education Editor at TakePart. Shea has been writing for TakePart since 2009 and previously worked in film and television development. She has taught English in Vietnam and tutors homeless children in Los Angeles.

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Back to School Challenge: Give Teachers a Hand

September 14, 2012 / Jenny Inglee

American teachers spend three billion dollars each ear to purchase school supplies for their students. Budget cuts are making it worse. You can help.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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