Bill Gates posted the 10th annual open letter of Gates and Melinda on his Weibo, answering 10 questions that were frequently asked.
In an open letter, Gates and Melinda stated their views on optimism: the so-called optimism is not to realize that the past is not as good as the present, but to know how to improve life. This is the true source of our optimism.
The following is the full text of the official letter from Bill Gates and Melinda:
We have always admitted that we are optimistic. But now, optimism seems to be scarce.
The headlines of the news are full of horrifying news, and daily reports of political differences, violence or natural disasters are constantly emerging.
But despite this, we believe that the world is getting better.
Compared with ten years or a hundred years ago, the health and safety of today's world is much higher than in the past. The number of child deaths has halved since 1990 and continues to decline. The number of maternal deaths has also experienced a significant decline. At the same time, the extremely poor have almost halved in just 20 years, and more children have access to education. The list goes on.
But the so-called optimism is not to realize that the past is not as good as the present, but to know how to improve life. This is the true source of our optimism. Although we have seen many diseases and poverty in our work, we also face many major problems that need to be solved urgently, but we also see the most beautiful side of human nature. We talk to scientists who invented cutting-edge tools to treat diseases, and talk to government leaders who spare no effort to innovate ways to seek health and well-being for people around the world. We have also seen brave and wise individuals around the world to find radical changes through their imagination. A new approach to community conditions.
When someone asks "How are you so optimistic?", our response is like this. More and more people are asking us this question, and we believe that our answer reflects to a large extent our view of the world.
This is our tenth annual open letter. To commemorate the table, we are prepared to answer the 10 questions that are often asked. We will answer as frankly as possible, and I hope that you will be as optimistic as we are after reading.
1. Why don't you invest more in the US?Melinda
The Gates Foundation invests approximately $500 million annually in the United States, mostly for education. This number is huge, but far less than the $4 billion that the Foundation uses to assist developing countries.
We will not compare the sufferings of different people, but all sufferings are tragic tragedies. However, we will consider ourselves to prevent the strength of different sufferings. When studying the global health landscape, we realized that our existing resources have different influences on different areas. We know that we have the ability to help save millions of lives, so we are trying hard in this direction.
Take the vaccine as an example. We originally thought that since it took a few cents or a few dollars to prevent the disease, it must have been done before. However, this is not the case. Tens of millions of children have never been vaccinated.
Over the past 18 years, we have invested a total of $15.3 billion in vaccines. This investment should not be underestimated. The progress of immunization is one of the major reasons for the sharp decline in the number of child deaths. The number of child deaths has dropped from 10 million in 2000 to 5 million last year. That is to say, five million families do not have to bear the loss of their children or siblings. The bitterness.
We love our country and are deeply concerned about the people on this land, so we are also committed to eliminating inequalities in the United States. All evidence, including our personal experience, shows that education is the key to getting an opportunity. By 2020, two-thirds of job opportunities in the United States will require education or training above high school. Since millions of American students are not getting quality education, we have been working on this for the past 17 years. We strive to get all our students to a school that can help them realize their dreams.
Bill
We have been thinking about how to expand beyond the education industry in the United States. We allocate funds to U.S. (Partnership on Mobility from Poverty), an organization that focuses on helping people climb up the economic ladder. Although we have visited around and learned about the lives of the poor in many other countries, it is rarely done in the United States. So last fall, we visited the southern United States and hoped to know more.
Our trip to Atlanta in October 2017
In Atlanta, a single mother we met tells her heartbreaking experience. When she gave birth to her son in the hospital, she was driven out of the apartment because she was in arrears with a rent. We also had a cup of coffee with a few residents living in an apartment building in the poorest neighborhood of Atlanta. They showed us the mold on the walls and ceilings in the house and told us that they often heard the gunshots. The child is hidden under the bed or in the bathtub.
The words of facing enormous challenges are simply not enough to describe the experiences of these people we met in Atlanta, but they still maintain amazing resilience. At the Boys and Girls Club, we met a man who used his money to invite the children there for lunch. We also talked to a few prisoners who have been released from prison. They have now found a job and can support their families.
What you see and hear on this journey once again confirms the importance of education, because in the end, what we have to do is to help low-income and colored people get equal opportunities like everyone else. This visit also allowed us to start thinking about how to help people get rid of poverty through other means. In the United States, the problem of class solidification is intertwined and includes factors such as education, employment, race, housing, mental health, imprisonment, and drug abuse. We still don't know how the situation we know will affect future investment, but surely, we have already touched. After we finalize the strategy, we will share with you the specific practices.
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