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GOOD FORTUNE
(http://goodfortunefilm.com) explores how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development organizations, the film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the eyes of the people it is intended to benefit. But which development efforts have a positive impact and how can we support them? This series, "Strides in Development," aims to help start this conversation.

To begin, we sat down with four of the world's most respected experts on the subject and asked them to discuss the organizations they support. In the videos Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University Economist and Special Advisor to the United Nations, discusses community involvement in the Millennium Villages Project; Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai discusses the relationship between environmentalism and poverty in the Greenbelt Movement; Ghanaian Economist and acclaimed author George Ayittey discusses the importance of African entrepreneurs in what he terms the "Cheetah Generation"; and Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen outlines his philosophy of "Development as Freedom" in his discussion of FXB International.

To add to this discussion, feel free to post your own thoughts and comments about these development strategies and organizations. If you know of an existing development effort that is creating a positive impact in the community or have ideas about ways to promote and sustain these kinds of projects, post them here and continue the conversation on how we can move forward.

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