{"id":4259,"date":"2015-01-27T17:19:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T17:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T16:47:46","slug":"the-bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/the-bill-melinda-gates-annual-letter-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates annual letter for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BG_opt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BG_opt-300x280.png\" alt=\"B&amp;G_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<span lang=\"en\">In their annual letter for this year, Bill and Melinda Gates have shared their visions on what they hope to accomplish through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation over the next 15 years. These include working towards breakthroughs in health, farming, banking and education for resource strapped nations. Specific goals include the\u00a0reduction of infant and maternal deaths, strengthening agricultural systems to help reduce reliance on imported food within Africa, using software to revolutionize education and increasing access to banking services through mobile phones in poorer communities. The letter also points out how women are\u00a0disproportionately\u00a0<wbr \/>affected by issues in these sectors and and\u00a0acknowledges\u00a0gender equality as fundamental to\u00a0achieving the goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Read the full letter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015_Gates_Annual_Letter_EN-1.pdf\">2015_Gates_Annual_Letter_EN (1)<\/a><\/span>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Bill &amp; 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