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It would be of tremendous benefit (and of course an opportunity for appropriate praise) to learn who coughed up a pretty chunk of money to help people who aren'
by jrumbut 8y ago
It would be of tremendous benefit (and of course an opportunity for appropriate praise) to learn who coughed up a pretty chunk of money to help people who aren't very popular.
As far as I can tell it is primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/07/Avahan-AIDS-Initiative-Commitment-Increased-to-$338-Million https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/...
- mirimir 8y agoThanks. And there's an interesting juxtaposition with another front-page submission. From this article: > Alexander, 64, was born into India’s elite. His father, PC Alexander, was principal secretary to Indira Gandhi. In leaving his career as senior director in the India office of McKinsey & Company to join the campaign to stop the spread of HIV, Alexander swapped a life of plush boardrooms and fine dining with CEOs for sitting on mud floors with sex workers, gay and transgender people and intravenous drug users. In short, a world of which he had little knowledge. The other one criticizes McKinsey & Company: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18691413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18691413