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Posted on September 16, 2020
September 16, 2020
My deepest condolences go out to the Gates family this week and in the days to come. Bill Gates Sr. was instrumental in the founding of Global Washington nearly 14 years ago. In fact, our founding Board Chair, Bill Clapp, met with him around a dinner table, together with Akhtar Badshah, who was then leading Microsoft Philanthropies, to muse about the growing significance of global development expertise in the Seattle area. Centering and promoting global health and development became the mission of Global Washington thanks to the support of visionaries such as Bill Gates Sr. Ours is Read More “Statement from Global Washington Executive Director, Kristen Dailey, on the passing of Bill Gates Sr.”
Posted on September 10, 2020
Save the Children conducts largest global survey of children and families during COVID crisis
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Sept. 9, 2020)—The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the education of children from poorer backgrounds and is widening the gap between rich and poor and boys and girls, a new global survey by Save the Children revealed today. In the six months since the pandemic was announced, the most vulnerable children have disproportionately missed out on access to education, healthcare, and food and suffered the greatest protection risks. Read More “PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: Children From Poorest Households Had Greatest Financial and Education Loss, Highest Risk of Violence at Home”
Posted on September 2, 2020
Stamford, Conn. – Sept. 2, 2020 – Americares is providing surge medical support in Peruvian health facilities overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The health-focused relief and development organization is dispatching medical personnel, all of which are locally based and have experience working within the health system, to health centers in Lambayeque, Lima and Piura to meet the increase in demand for care and provide the struggling health system with some relief as the coronavirus pushes health center capacity to the brink.
“As COVID-19 cases rise in Peru and health facilities continue to struggle with an unprecedented demand for services, our Read More “PRESS RELEASE: Americares Responds to COVID-19 Surge in Peru”