Learn how the ARED model of bilingual language education in Senegal preserves the Wolof language while improving outcomes.

Joint partnership will support science to tackle a series of global health challenges and build healthier futures, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations HELSINGØR, DENMARK (May 6, ...

When women have the power to make decisions about their lives—and access to the tools and resources they need—economies grow, families are healthier, and communities are more resilient. Closing gender ...

Featuring the stories of five passionate women from around the world, this series brings you along their journey of breaking the status quo while also opening doors for other women to claim their own ...

Imagine trying to learn to read in a language you rarely speak at home. For years, many children in Senegal were taught only in French, even though they spoke national languages like Wolof with their ...

Last year, a man named Chuck Feeney died, at the age of 92. Feeney was a billionaire, but you might not have heard of him. He purposely led a low-profile life—he wore a ten-dollar watch and, in his ...

After years of progress toward health equity and poverty reduction, we are seeing a widening gap between countries and communities on nearly all metrics of global development. The development of new ...

On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

Since 2018, the foundation has made a series of investments that aim to discover gene-based cures for sickle cell disease (SCD) and HIV that can be delivered safely and accessibly in a “single shot.” ...

SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research ...

Not long ago in India, a small business owner applying for a loan would need to bring her physical ID and paper financial records to a bank branch, fill out an application by hand, and wait for a loan ...