If you’re rich enough, you never have to say “I’m sorry” for your failures. From Stacy Malkan at childrenshealthdefense.org:
As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers event convenes this week, pre-event press promises inspirational news for “thinkers and doers” who want to “save” dying mothers and nurture hope for a brighter world — but reporters should ask some key questions about the failure of the foundation’s “Green Revolution” in Africa.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual live-streamed Goalkeepers event convenes this week as world leaders gather for the 78th U.N. General Assembly.
Pre-event press promises inspirational news for “thinkers and doers” who want to “save” dying mothers and nurture hope for a brighter world.
If past Goalkeepers are a guide, this public relations event is likely to generate laudatory press coverage that ignores the global chorus of criticisms about the Gates Foundation’s agricultural development work in Africa.
Reporters who plan to cover Goalkeepers 2023 should inquire about these recent newsworthy developments.
Why is the Gates Foundation ignoring critiques from Africa-based groups?
In the wake of two important African food summits, a long list of food security and biodiversity experts; Africa-based farming, faith and seed sovereignty groups; and civil society groups around the world have documented the problems and failings of the Gates Foundation’s “green revolution” for Africa.
The Gates Foundation has largely ignored them all.
