BILL MOYERS: Concern in Afghanistan, ... Congo..., Bread for the World

[L. Coyote]

Concern in Afghanistan - April 4, 2008 - http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04042008/profile4.html

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In 2002, NOW WITH BILL MOYERS followed Dominic MacSorley of the humanitarian aid agency Concern Worldwide and the group entered the battle to feed the starving people of Afghanistan and to make a difference in the rebuilding of a nation. At that time we interviewed MacSorley about what brought him into aid work.

Now, six years on, he's Emergency Director of Concern Worldwide and THE JOURNAL caught up with him on a project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dominic MacSorley will be answering viewer questions on our Blog. ...............

ALSO this week:

HOPE IN THE CONGO
THE JOURNAL takes viewers on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to follow aid workers and local relief efforts that are bringing hope to a forgotten land. "The aid agencies are almost substituting for a social welfare system that hasn't operated in these areas for decades," says Dominic MacSorley, Emergency Director for Concern Worldwide, an international aid organization.

CONGO: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DARKNESS
View a slideshow of images from The Democratic Republic of Congo by noted photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale. Also, delve into the history of the troubled land — a country almost one-fourth the size of the US.

DAVID BECKMANN, BREAD FOR THE WORLD
Bill Moyers talks with the president of Bread for the World about the challenges of combatting hunger. Plus, online resources for aiding the hungry.

[L. Coyote]

1. Starting NOW Pacific time.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. That was excellent, as always.

I am in awe of those Congolese people and their resilience. We are so spoiled and pampered over here. I feel guilty for my full refrigerator.

[L. Coyote]

3. Indeed. The videos are online, Everryone!

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Did you catch the comment by the bicycle guy

about the cheap Chinese tires? That just cracked me up.

[L. Coyote]

6. Worth the time I thought. = Visibility kick.

[noel711]

5. Uh-oh, that Bread for the World guy is another...

one of those radical pastors...

Sheesh, they'll do anything to get in the limelight.. :)