Benedict XVI recently was the first to buy a bond from the International Financing Facility for Immunization (IFFIm), and organization dedicated to funding an ambitious program of international immunization.
The way I believe the program works is that several first-world countries have pledged a certain amount of money over a period of years for this cause; in order to realize the funds sooner, they are selling long-term bonds on the international bond market.
Now don't ask me how to buy the bonds, because I can't figure that out from their website. You can easily give cash, however. So check it out.
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