It's been noted that product (red) has raised $18 million, so far, for the Global Fund. How does that compare against pPosts have a brief introduction and a previous contributions?
On the one hand,
Rajesh Anandan, the Global Fund's head of private-sector partnerships, said Mr. Feachem was misquoted, and defended the efforts by Red to increase the Global Fund's private-sector donations, which totaled just $5 million from 2002 to 2005.
So Bono et al have benefited the cause, it appears. But on the other hand,
The U.S. Congress just approved a $724 million pledge to the Global Fund, on top of $1.9 billion already given...
Yeah, take THAT, you evil corporate fascists! The people (as represented by government) is making your contributions pipsqueak miniscule, aren't they? Aren't they?
...and $650 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Oops.
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Tom Petty's second and third breakdowns
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I just authored a post on my "JEBredCal" blog entitled "Breakouts, go ahead
and give them to me." I doubt that many people will realize why the title
was...
3 years ago
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