Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Hope for Women in a Remote Village in India

Imagining a future for you children should not be an amazing, surprising idea. But three years ago, on a similar visit to Bihar, I didn’t see hope. I saw extreme poverty, people living a daily existence, striving to survive that day. Now, there is hope. Mothers have embraced the expectation that things will get better.

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Ending Poverty in Our Generation: A New Report

A look at possible international development and aid goals for post 2015 that will focus on ending poverty and hunger while also improving access to clean water, healthcare and education.

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Photo of the Day: Healthy Children of Rice Farmers in Uganda

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Schools Stabilize Families: Back to School for Homeless Children

Returning back to school after a long summer vacation is a time of excitement and anxiety for all children, but for the nearly 27,000 homeless students in Washington State, heading back to class can be an especially challenging experience. Yet, schools
have tremendous potential to stabilize the otherwise chaotic lives of many of these children.

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Ending Family Homelessness Requires Changes in the Ways We Do Business

Systems responsible for both social services and housing these familie s may receive are forging new partnerships across the thick walls of government silos that all too often inhibit effective collaboration.

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