ISLAMABAD – Pakistan to receive huge funds from Gates Foundation underpoverty alleviation program, media report has revealed.
Pakistan and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding for the Ehsaas initiative to alleviate poverty in Pakistan.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will provide Pakistan $200 million forthe implementation of ‘Ehsas Program’ next year. A Memorandum ofunderstanding was signed by both parties in a meeting held in New Yorktoday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to thePrime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection,Bill Gates co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Chris Eliaspresident of global development Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,participated in a bilateral meeting on the future of Ehsaas, acollaboration to put funding, technical assistance, and the help of globalexperts toward improving health, nutrition and financial inclusion inPakistan.
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According to the agreement, the amount will be spent upon 134 povertyalleviation projects.
