Gates Foundation Gives $7.1-Million to Relief Charity

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $7.1-million grant to Oxfam America to help Gulf Coast organizations advocate for low-cost housing and workers’ rights, reports the Associated Press.

“During the past year and a half, we have seen how many of the Gulf Coast’s neediest residents have been denied the resources they need to rebuild their lives — and how the low-wage workers who are making the rebuilding effort possible have been exploited,” Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, said in a statement.

He said Oxfam will work closely with local community leaders who are advocating for change in Louisiana and Mississippi.