I år är det 20 år sedan Microsoft-grundaren Bill Gates och hans fru Melinda drog igång välgörenhetsorganisationen Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation vilket är något som man belyser i sitt årliga nyhetsbrev.

Sedan starten år 2000 har Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donerat 53,8 miljarder dollar, motsvarande cirka 520 miljarder kronor, till olika program inom hälsa, utbildning, klimat och global utveckling skriver paret i sitt nyhetsbrev vilket ni kan läsa i sin helhet på länken nedan.

Paret Gates avslutar sin krönika med att säga några ord om framtiden för deras stiftelse och skriver:

"When we first started this work, we were optimistic about the power of innovation to drive progress—and excited about the role we could play by taking risks to unlock it.

Twenty years later, we’re just as optimistic—and we’re still swinging for the fences. But we now have a much deeper understanding of how important it is to ensure that innovation is distributed equitably. If only some people in some places are benefitting from new advances, then others are falling even further behind.

Our role as philanthropists is not only to take risks that support innovation but to work with our partners to overcome the challenges of scale in delivering it. We believe that progress should benefit everyone, everywhere."