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Anil Agarwal’s
London-based mining
magnate has pledged
$1 billion to
establish a
world-class,
need-blind
university in
Orissa, eastern
India. The school
will focus on
liberal arts, in
contrast to India's
many technically
oriented schools.
Vedanta will
help address the
region's dearth of
university spots,
which keeps
qualified students
from going to
high-quality
colleges.
Li Ka-shing
The charitable
foundation that Li
calls his "third
son" donates to
hospitals and
universities
worldwide. The Hong
Kong powerhouse grew
from a humble start
in plastics to a $23
billion fortune
His donations
exceed $1 billion,
and he recently
pledged one-third of
his wealth to his
foundation.
Prince Alwaleed bin
Talal al-Saud
With his $20
billion fortune, he
has endowed American
studies at Middle
Eastern
universities, given
$40 million to
underwrite Islamic
studies at Harvard
and Georgetown and
helped fund the
construction of an
Islamic wing at the
Louvre in Paris. He
has also given
nearly $25 million
to tsunami and
earthquake victims.
In giving
away hundreds of
millions in recent
years—$250 million
in 2005 alone—Yu,
85, has funded vital
treatments for needy
Chinese, including
cataract surgery for
more than 40,000
poor villagers. The
Shenzhen-based
hotelier earned his
fortune developing
properties.
Impact: Rated
China's top
philanthropist in
the Hurun Report,
which assesses local
donors, Yu has drawn
attention to rural
health care.
Rania al-Abdullah
Queen Rania has
been an advocate for
microlending,
launching the Global
Endowment for the
Poor to provide
crucial loan capital
to those with little
income, particularly
women. She recently
became UNICEF's
first-ever Eminent
Advocate for
Children.
Impact: Through her
Jordan River
Foundation, the
Queen has helped
address income
disparities in
Jordan. Her calls
for international
philanthropic
collaboration have
inspired new
partnerships,
Reginald Bailly
Reginald Bailly
founder of Lakou
Bailly an
organization created
for the sole purpose
of schooling the
Haitian children of
Gonaives
He
was able to finance
77 children with
$5000,00 US dollars
in the past year in
the area of
Gonaives, Haiti
where hunger is the
common denominator
for all.
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