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Bill Clinton, Frank Giustra & Carlos Slim donate $10 million to Peru's needy

Peru will provide 50,000 free cataract surgeries over the next three years with a recent US$10 million donation from the Bill Clinton Foundation, Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra, and the Carso Foundation of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, Peru's foreign minister, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde, announced on Thursday.

Minister García Belaunde said the money raised will benefit many poor people in need of medical eye care.

"I think it's very good news. This also complements the efforts being made by the Peruvian government ", García Belaunde stated as he reminded that the government has already provided some 20,000 cataract surgeries.

The donation was announced during a meeting between former President Clinton and the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Alberto Moreno in Mexico City.

When asked if this would reduce the number of Peruvians travelling to Venezuela to undergo cataract operations as part of the “Operación Milagro” program, García Belaunde said this program should not be used "politically" by some congressmen.

News source: ANDINA

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# rice and sugar says :
7 August, 2008 [ 13:12 ]

I really do hope that this money end up with the needy people. Cross my fingers..

# Rev says :
8 August, 2008 [ 03:47 ]

i express the same sentiments of concerns as to what will really happen to acknowledge the generocity support of offering from other people to meet the needs other Human survival to those in need

Trust me, some of us were'nt born yesterday