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The au pairs headed this month to the Gates Foundation to hear about the work this important group is doing both here in WA and abroad.\u00a0 The interactive museum and our guide helped to focus our attention on the areas of most concern such as clean water, malaria and education.\u00a0 The work done by the Gates family and US. entrepreneurs throughout our nation’s history made for an interesting back drop on the current capitalist discussion and how this idea of altruism differs around the world.\u00a0 Through simulations, we were able to try our own hand at lifting and envisioning how children would carry water to their village for miles and make it last for a full day.\u00a0 We might now better empathize with the need for resource management and shut off the tap when we brush our teeth each day.<\/p>\n

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The au pairs headed this month to the Gates Foundation to hear about the work this important group is doing both here in WA and abroad.\u00a0 The interactive museum and our guide helped to focus our attention on the areas of most concern such as clean water, malaria and education.\u00a0 The work done by the Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,10,76,16,17,21,25,78,29,35,40,52,55,60,62],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-baby","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-cross-cultural","tag-family-activities","tag-gates-foundation","tag-host-family","tag-live-in-childcare","tag-nanny","tag-seattle","tag-toddler","tag-wa","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"\nGates Foundation, An American Tradition - 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