Editing Gates Foundation (section)

=== Other global initiatives ===
Some examples include:
* [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]: The foundation made total grant donations of $3 million to various charities to help with the aid effort for victims of the earthquake. These charities include: [[CARE (relief agency)|CARE international]], [[International Rescue Committee]], [[Mercy Corps]], [[Save the Children]], and [[World Vision]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37580 |title=Mercy Corps |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232823/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37580 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37578 |title=Save the Children Federation |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232905/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37578 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37577 |title=CARE |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043633/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37577 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37576 |title=World Vision |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232903/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37576 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37572 |title=International Rescue Committee |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044021/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/12/OPP37572 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]]: The foundation made a donation of $500,000 for the earthquake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Earthquake Homeless Number May Surpass Tsunami |url=http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/articles/pakistan-earthquake-homeless-number-may-surpass-tsunami |work=Mercy Corps |access-date=March 17, 2014 |date=October 13, 2005 |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080904/http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/articles/pakistan-earthquake-homeless-number-may-surpass-tsunami |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2014, the Gates Foundation released "flexible funds" in the order of $50 million to United Nations agencies and other organizations involved in the work against the deadly disease [[Ebola]] in West Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-29145497 |title=New money added to emergency response to Ebola outbreak |date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=March 24, 2015 |website=BBC News – Health |publisher=BBC, UK |last=Dreaper |first=Jane |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425141123/http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29145497 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2021 Emergency Funding. The foundation, with a group of philanthropists, has pledged £93.5m funding to cover UK foreign aid cuts.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-10|title=Foreign aid: Gates and others to partially cover UK aid cuts|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57791538|access-date=2021-07-13|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713104721/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57791538|url-status=live}}</ref>

The foundation is a donor to the [[National Geographic Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=The Power of Philanthropy |url=https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/2016_Annual_Report_DONOR_LIST_FINAL.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510054615/https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/2016_Annual_Report_DONOR_LIST_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-10 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=National Geographic}}</ref>

The foundation is working with [[Mastercard]], [[GAVI]] and TrustStamp to create the Mastercard Well Pass. This program, being tested in 2020 in [[West Africa]], will integrate vaccination records with [[Cashless society|cashless payment]] capability.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burt |first=Chris |date=July 6, 2020 |title=Trust Stamp integrating biometric hash solution with Mastercard on children's vaccine record system |url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/202007/trust-stamp-integrating-biometric-hash-solution-with-mastercard-on-childrens-vaccine-record-system |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200713163943/https://www.biometricupdate.com/202007/trust-stamp-integrating-biometric-hash-solution-with-mastercard-on-childrens-vaccine-record-system |archive-date=2020-07-13 |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=Biometric Update}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen |first=Chaiti |date=2019-06-07 |title=Mastercard Digital Wellness Program to Enhance Transparency, Security and Choice for Online Shopping |url=https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2019/june/mastercard-digital-wellness-program-to-enhance-transparency-security-and-choice-for-online-shopping/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210119175951/https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2019/june/mastercard-digital-wellness-program-to-enhance-transparency-security-and-choice-for-online-shopping/ |archive-date=2021-01-19 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Mastercard |language=en-US}}</ref>