But fundamentally she's right: Dr Hawa Abdi is a remarkable woman and her foundation is doing important work.
Maybe the uranium people simply cared deeply about the undeniably good work the foundation is doing, and would have received the help and approvals anyway.
The letter, posted on the foundation's Web site and modeled after the much-anticipated letter Warren E. Buffett produces annually about the economy, highlights some of the work the foundation is doing to improve health and well-being in the world's poorest countries and improve education in the United States.
So actually getting out to India, to Africa, that's critical to me to make sure my foundation is doing effective work and you know renews my commitment to take all the wealth I have and make sure it goes back to causes like world health...... JENNINGS: And are you very, very aware that your children are terribly privileged?
What is changing, though, is the nature of what the Foundation is doing.
Today The Gates Foundation is announcing Gates Philanthropic Partners, a new public charity designed as a vehicle for individuals who want to further the work that the foundation is doing.
A major victory: They chose to put their names on the new effort, making it not just something the foundation is doing but central to its efforts.
His foundation is doing great work, but by providing capital, expertise and inspiration to a generation of African entrepreneurs perhaps one may become the next Bill Gates–he'll have an even bigger impact on the region's economic development.
But that's exactly what the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is doing.
Here in Los Angeles, the LA84 Foundation is doing its part by funding the 28th Annual Summer Swim Program.
