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Free Women
In the face of many obstacles, we meet a courageous group of women who have organized to change their world.
Throughout India, women are forming 'self-help groups' (SHGs) to combat the many issues facing them. With the great help of Vani Chenguttuwan, we spoke at length with the SHG in Kalugumalai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, about their successes.
Many of these women's organizational successes came after intensive work with the DHAN Foundation and its Kalanjiam Community Banking program ('Wealth' in the Tamil language).
These organizations provided on-the-ground support for the women, micro-finance for small-business start-ups, and extensive education in crafts production and marketing - traditional skills enhanced by good business practices.
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Street Kids of Old Delhi
These street kids ran up to us.
They were great, and hungry and also being kids. At first, they faked some crying, then they were mostly curious....and some were supposed to be in school - at 11:00am Monday. They all had energy, they were all great...they also had a 'handler' woman telling them what to do... See how it turned out.
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Global Marshall Plan I: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
James Bernard Quilligan, of the Center for Global Negotiations interviews Frithjof Finkbeiner of the Global Marshall Plan initiative, a stunning vision of how to meet the needs of all humanity globally - starting with the Millennium Development Goals.
Graduation Tree
Pierre Invites you to plant a Graduation Tree when you graduate from your school! All over the world, people are planting trees to protect our world - see Plant for the Planet with Felix....
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 11/7/2005 Language: English Run Time: 3 min. 0 sec. Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults CC Developing Nations This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Developing Nations license.
Urban Gardening: Food, Education and Community with Kamau Ngom
Kamau Ngom tells of how their community garden was so exciting for children - a gem in the city of Wilmington, Delaware that happened because people believed that a garden was possible.
Now, it provides not only good food, but an organizing focus for the community, and a chance for kids to learn what really matters:
Learn for yourself, and never give up your dreams.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 1/7/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 1 min. 0 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
