Angelina Jolie & Jeffrey Sachs- Part 3

The moving diary of Angelina Jolie and Dr Jeffrey Sachs while visiting some projects in Africa that make a real difference in combatting poverty.

Their visits illustrate not only the necessity but also the feasability of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, agreed on by all the member states in 2000.
As the forum where the voice of all nations -- great and small -- can be raised and heard the UN (minus the Security Council) is the hope for the world and must be the agency through which all major international problems will be resolved.

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[eboulter]

Yes, life seems easily solvable when you earn 20 million a movie.

[gaartsen]

At least she's putting her celebrity status to good use in raising awareness, and she aligns herself with the poor and disenfranchised. If only more people -- regardless of their income or social status -- would do that, rather than resort to apathy, criticism or hedonism.

[gaartsen]

And I forgot envy.

[KAROLINASD08]

My heart breaks when I see these poor children, and here we worry about being fat!

[friend4gaara]

@eboulter Well, now that she DOES make so much money, she can help. And that's what she's doing.

[qwertypoiu4321]

Free Trade!!! It would end all poverty!!!

[anahifan1oftheworld]

hahahaha i loved when she said: they will all be addicted to computers hahahaa. love her

[delialah02]

No one can beat Angelina Jolie; the ultimate humanitarian and my hero!

[elllllla006]

these African children were still lucky after all, they had the rare chance of seeing angelina jolie.. :))) i envy them in a way.. :)))

[charbonelle]

Garment manufacturers have initiated an awareness campaign on the ill effects of *Bt cotton cultivated with toxic chemicals, have now launched exclusive wear made of organic cotton.

Farmers are growing organic cotton, as it was found to be of great demand in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. DEMAND of organic apparels in DOMESTIC market has come as a boon for organic cotton growers in the state.

*FARMERS, like ENTREPRENEURS, want to do business based on mutual interest not EXPLOITATION.

[charbonelle]

The shift from SAVED SEED to corporate monopoly of the seed supply also represents a shift from biodiversity to monoculture in agriculture.

The district of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh USED to grow diverse legumes, millets, and oilseeds.

Monocultures and uniformity increase the risk of crop failure, as diverse seeds adapted to diverse to eco-systems are replaced by the rushed introduction of uniform and often untested seeds into the market.

[dreiskee]

From what you have shared, Charbonelle, it looks like there were no interventions such as community-scale composting and related organic farming methods. Would you know the status of agriculture in Andhra Pradesh today in 2009?

[lilrollz]

lmaoo i love when the dr ask the little child his name and he says something fully diff and the dr is juss lik paul