After a Career Shift, Bill Gates? Equestrian Daughter Backs $1.2 Billion Worth Charity?s Initiative

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine in 2023 has sparked global concern. The issue started when the Hamas group launched a sudden rocket attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. In response to this attack, Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and ordered a complete siege by blocking entry of food, fuel and supplies. As tensions in the region continue to soar, many celebrities expressed support for Palestine on social media but only a few took actions worthy of praise.

Jennifer Gates, the daughter of Bill Gates, is the founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation has been one of the largest donors to UNICEF by providing billions of dollars in funding over the past two decades. Jennifer Gates recently opened up about her views on this global crisis.

Bill Gates? daughter stands with UNICEF

Jennifer Gates is an equestrian and a medical student as well. She has successfully balanced her equestrian passion with her commitment to becoming a medical professional. Jennifer pursued her passion by taking a gap year before starting her journey into medical school.

Gaza’s neonatal care unit faces a critical shortage of fuel and vital medicines for its patients. ?We have currently 120 neonates who are in incubators, out of which we have 70 neonates with mechanical ventilation, and of course this is where we are extremely concerned,? UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx said. Even doctors warn that without electricity, 55 of the patients could lose their lives in just five minutes. The dire situation is exacerbated by a scarcity of water, food, medicines, and fuel for Gaza’s 2.3 million people.

UNICEF condemns child casualties

The ongoing conflict in Palestine and Israel has resulted in a grave toll on children and families. UNICEF strongly condemns the killing, injuring, and abduction of children and calls on all parties to protect them. There are reports of newly displaced people, many of them children, in Gaza, with damage to shelter facilities.

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UNICEF captioned its post: ?Fuel means safe water. Fuel means functioning health facilities. and it is desperately needed in Gaza to operate hospitals, desalination plants and water pumping stations. As limited, yet life-saving medicine, food and water enter Gaza on UN trucks, it?s critical that fuel is allowed through too. The death toll will increase exponentially if hospitals don?t have electricity to function if children continue to drink unsafe water and have no access to medicine when they get sick.”

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