A billion pounds?

[ciphergoth]

babysimon: "You could do a lot of good with £1bn"

How would you spend a billion pounds in order to do good? You can't spend it on yourself or your friends.

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[redcountess]

I'd give it to UNFPA, I've just calculated it's about US$4,000,000 short of the funding the Bush administration has withheld for the last six years.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

I like this suggestion, but the figures don't seem right: according to this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_UNFPA

they're owed only $200M, so you could pay them that and still have about 90% of the money left...

[redcountess]

Oh yes, I always mix up how many millions in a billion :)

Ok then, I'd match Terry Pratchett's donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, I'd fund HIV research and HIV education and treatment in developing countries, I'd fund cancer research and hospices etc. I'd fund SANEline and buy a new server ;) and if there was anything left I'd give it to Liberty, Amnesty, Shelter and my other favourite charities.