Update from FundersGates Foundation gives $40M grant for overseas education

Gates Foundation gives $40M grant for overseas education. Seattle Times. Noted in SmartBrief. Online December 2006. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced yesterday it will award the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation a one-time grant of at least $40 million to help the charity promote effective learning methods in Asian and African countries. … The Hewlett Foundation has committed at least $20 million more to the effort, which is aimed at creating model projects that demonstrate effective learning methods in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. …