According to recent sources, Microsoft, along with a number
of business tycoons, is partnering with Tipping Point Community to raise 10
million dollars to fight poverty in the Bay area. The major participants in
this program include companies like Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google, IfOnly, Jawbone,
Jelly, Levi Strauss and Co., LinkedIn, Lookout, Okta, Partner Fund Management,
POPSUGAR, RPX Corporation, Salesforce Foundation, SV Angel, Workday Foundation
and Zynga. According to the Microsoft help and support team, Tipping point
Community has been considered to be Bay Area’s leading poverty fighting
organization since almost ten years.
It is certain that this campaign will help immensely in
providing education, employment and shelter to the residents of Bay Area. As
stated by Daniel Lurie, CEO and Founder of Tripping Point, "We are humbled
by the generosity we've seen from some of the region's most influential leaders
on behalf of the most vulnerable members of our community." Well, this is
indeed a generous task undertaken by the IT companies to help the poor and the
needy living in the area.
As mentioned above, the campaign comprises of a 10 million
dollar challenge for these companies so that quality education, shelter and
employment can be given to the Bay Area’s 13 million people who find it hard to
meet their basic needs. For this, these companies have been allotted a maximum
of 60 days, which is a great decision. After this announcement was made, even
some users started calling up the Microsoft help number to know how genuine the
news was.
Confirming this mission, Microsoft stated in an official
blog post that, "This work is not new for Microsoft. Every year, we invest
tens of millions of dollars in nonprofit organizations around the world. Last
year in San Francisco alone, this investment totaled $5.4 million. Now, in
partnership with Tipping Point, we seek to help low-income individuals and
families gain access to effective services that can help them break the cycle
of poverty for good."
Microsoft already has the YouthSpark mission, which is quite
similar to Tipping Point’s initiative with the only difference being that it
addresses the issues of the kids and focuses on providing training to them.
Mainly, this program is focused on training those kids who do not have the
means to become successful in life.
Microsoft thus ought to be applauded for venturing into such
missions along with other IT and other business giants for helping the poor.
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