Ajay Harinath Singh Greatest Brand Leader 2018-2019

“Melinda Gates has come far off from just being
the wife of Microsoft Founder Bill Gates. She is a
social activist & philanthropist by nature. With the
establishment of her Foundation, she aims at giving
a suitable platform to people around the world”
Melinda Gates has come far
off from just being the wife
of Microsoft Founder Bill
Gates. Ms. Gates is a social activist
and philanthropist by nature. With
the establishment of the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, Ms. Gates
aims at giving a suitable platform
to people around the world to help
them achieve their dreams. Whether
it is the poor health of the person
associating with the organization
or it is his/her social, economic, or
educational requirement, she has
specific models designed for people
with specific needs.
Improving Lifestyles
Under her leadership, the Foundation
takes care of even the minutest
details that can add to the quality
of life of the people who collaborate
with it. Melinda Gates aims at
igniting the cognitive and conative
aspects of humans across the globe.
Under her strict supervision and
direct guidance, the Foundation
takes every possible measure to
improve the health status and living
conditions of the underprivileged
people besides ensuring their
wellbeing.
From providing underprivileged
masses with basic and advanced
financial tools to making the farmers
learn the best ways of increasing
production, the foundation takes
care of every requirement of a
common man.
Empowering the Future
Generation
Ms. Gates is also committed to
revolutionizing the educational
scenario in the USA. She is well
aware that students are the future
of tomorrow; hence, through the
Foundation, she ensures enhancing
the college completion rates of
students so that the literacy rates
are higher and useful for the world
as well as its inhabitants. What’s
more, through the Gates Millennium
Scholars Program, she helps
students fund their higher studies.
A Result-Oriented
Personality
While most of the charitable
organizations look at the individuals
with respect to the issues they
face, the Gates foundation is a bit
different. Melinda Gates focuses on
individuals and not on issues. She
emphasizes the measurement of
how effective the strategies have
been in improving the quality of life of
each individual. Her result-oriented
nature is far beyond numbers and
figures. It is about the intensity of
smiles that it brings across.
Being co-chair with her husband,
Ms. Gates takes the responsibility
of setting the goals and providing
valid direction to the working of
the Foundation. She has always
remained active whenever it is about
women and children. She puts a
strong emphasis on crucial aspects
like maternal and child health while
helping individuals understand the
importance of family planning in
a better way. Under her guidance,
the Foundation provides life-saving
vaccines, effective medicines, and
advanced diagnostics to those who
need it the most.
The user-specific models that
are designed to ensure proper
maintenance of global health and
development are the consequences
of Ms. Gates’ vision of treating every
individual equally and giving adequate
attention to their special needs.
Mr. and Ms. Gates’ initiative is not
confined to any particular nation.
The organization has its branches all
across the globe, including Africa,
Europe, India, China, and the Middle
East, so that the people worldwide
get a chance to associate with it.
For her association with India,
Melinda Gates was honored with
Padma Bhushan, the third-highest
civilian award of the nation, for
her ‘distinguished service of a high
order’ in 2015.
Transforming the World
Believing that the path out of poverty
begins when the next generation
can access quality healthcare and
a great education, she has been
impactfully working in developing
countries, focusing on improving
people’s health and wellbeing, and
helping individuals lift themselves
out of hunger and extreme poverty.
She seeks to ensure that all
people - especially those with the
fewest resources - can access the
opportunities they need to succeed
in school and life.
Ms. Gates has been actively
offering people tools to lead healthy
and productive lives, helping them
lift themselves out of poverty.
Through her Foundation, she has
helped people adopt new farming
technologies, invest in new business
opportunities, or find new jobs.
She feels that women and girls
have a unique power to reshape
societies, and when one invests in a
woman’s health and empowerment,
it has a ripple effect, helping families,
communities, and countries achieve
long-lasting benefits.
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