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Ending child poverty in Europe!
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Almost 20% of European youngsters are at risk of poverty -- a higher rate than the adult population. The film shows areas in the EU where child poverty is a prevailing problem, but where some encouraging action is also taking place.
Download: http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/video_prod_en.cfm?type=detail&prodid=5300&src=http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/1 |
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Using Audio Technology to Reduce Global Illiteracy, Poverty
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Google Tech Talks
January, 8 2008
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For more info, see http://literacybridge.org/
Knowledge is power; but most knowledge is tied up in text. So how do the 774 million illiterate adults in the world access knowledge crucial to preventing disease, creating economic opportunity, and defending their political and human rights?
Cliff spent six weeks in a remote region of Ghana to understand rural poverty and sustainable development. He saw many impressive local organizations sharing valuable information for development; but he also experienced the inefficiency of delivering all this information in person.
In response to this problem, Literacy Bridge was founded to empower children and adults with tools for scalable knowledge sharing and literacy learning. The Talking Book Project is Literacy Bridge's major program, developing new and affordable digital audio technology to provide vital, locally generated information and literacy training to people with limited access to either. Imagine a $5 iPod used to play locally generated podcasts, plus a decentralized, digital content distribution system that reaches villages without electricity but also enables global content sharing. Aside from the innovative use of technology, partnerships with local businesses, civic organizations, and government agencies play a pivotal role in the Talking Book Project.
During this talk, Cliff will share his observations from Ghana and discuss Literacy Bridge's Talking Book Project.
Speaker: Cliff Schmidt
Executive Director of Literacy Bridge |
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Poverty USA - Native Americans - 16 Nov 07
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Native Americans in the US state of Dakota are being driven to alcohol abuse and suicide.
In the second installment on a series of special reports highlighting poverty issues in the United States, Al Jazeera's John Cookson meets a community of native Americans and reports on their daily struggle to survive. |
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The End of Poverty - The "Homework" of Our Generation
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My name is Shawn and on September 14 2006, I found my answer on how to make the world a better place. It's because of that answer that I am now in Bangladesh.
On September 14th, 2006, the University of Notre Dame (of which I was a student studying for my Masters in Sociology) canceled all of its classes so that students could learn about an important issue: the problem of global health and third world poverty. One of the people who came to speak to us was Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (author of the book "The End of Poverty").
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated in our lifetime. The power of this message inspired me to put school on hold so that I could do my part and hopefully inspire others along the way. I have come to Bangladesh to try and help the poorest of the poor. I am sharing this experience with the world through the power of YouTube.
I know that my little "uncultured" project is a drop in the bucket. But hopefully, the more people that be inspired to believe we can end poverty in our lifetime - the closer we can get to that goal.
This is just a montage of what I did in my first five months. Please check the other videos for more of what I have been able to do.
Aid That I Gave In This Video Include:
- 1 Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net Donated by Vestergaard-Frandsen
- 2 Cases of Bottled Water to Residents of a Flood Affected Region
- A nutritional meal (including beef as a source of protein) for a large group of poor school children
- 1 windup flashlight given to a young student in the rural village who cannot afford electricity
- 50 Locally Made and Locally Purchased Mosquito Nets
I plan on making more videos explaining each aid operation in more detail in the future.
Don't worry - I'm not here to ask for your money.
Although, I am asking you to consider rating the video and subscribing :-)
My Project's Blog: http://uncultured.com
My Project's Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/uncultured/
More YouTube Videos: http://youtube.com/UnculturedProject
The entire Notre Dame 2006 forum is available as a free download from:
http://forum2006.nd.edu.
These short excerpts have been used with written permission from the University of Notre Dame's Office of Public Affairs and Communication.
Music used is from royalty free tracks.
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Philippines Street Children
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For more than 15 years Dr. Chuck Frost, MTSU professor of Social Work, has regularly visited the Philippines. Throughout that time he has painfully noticed street children who are in desperate need. As he delved into the problem he found out that millions of children are living on the streets throughout the world. |
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Poverty in India
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Metal Church - Date with poverty
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Poverty Along the Mexico Border
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I shot this in Piedras Negras, Mexico along the border with my church. I made it into a documentry for a spanish project for school. It shows the poverty in the area. The pics are not from the city , but mexico. It includes an interview with a native |
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POVERTY STRICKEN CHILDREN
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This is our first picture montage made by my team and me for a school project. |
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U2's Bono - How To End Poverty
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A CNN clip of Bono (from u2) at Davos being interviewed about the RED line of products and how to end global poverty. |
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Breaking Through Poverty with Microfinance - Grameen Fdn
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16 minute version :: www.grameenfoundation.org
For many of the world's poorest people, access to credit is their golden opportunity to forge a better life for their families with microfinance, a proven poverty reduction program. Since 1997, Grameen Foundation has been working across the globe to help them pull themselves from poverty by starting, sustaining or expand tiny businesses. Breaking Through gives you a glimpse of what this has meant for millions throughout Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. The 16-minute documentary introduces you to our front line partners and some of the families whose lives have changed through microfinance. |
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Rochester: A City of Poverty
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Parody of a 1963 film by Rochester Gas & Electric promoting Rochester. |
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