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5 Ways to Use Social Media for Social Good

Amie Newman
September 22, 2012

The Social Good Summit 2012 is happening. For the next 3 days the summit will bring together people around the world who care about solving the world's most pressing problems, by using technology creatively. Here are 5 ways to take action right now.

 
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Amie Newman

Amie Newman is a communications officer and editor for Impatient Optimists, at the foundation.

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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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