Angelina Jolie & Jeffrey Sachs- Part 1

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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[danwild6]

See what happens when the economy tanks, no one believe we can wipe extreme poverty in 20 years now.

[gaartsen]

Maybe it will force us (in the West) to re-think our exploitative relationship with our brothers and sisters in other countries, and find a way that will support a decent life for everyone? From greed to sharing, from competition to co-operation, from conflict to peace? Would we choose it if given the chance?

[chocker0087]

god bless Angelina Jolie, shakira and the other people who is helping all this poor people...

[agg188]

She's such a strong woman. Its annoying when everyone just looks at her as this pretty piece of meat. Geez theres more to people then that! Her spirit is stronger then just her damn looks...

[brentonius1]

@danwild6 hey, seeing your comment a couple of years later, and seeing how much the recession did, it probably still can. it's put 40 mil below 1.25 a day compared to the trajectory without it, which is terrible, but the mdg of halving extreme poverty by 1990-2015 is actually going to be exceeded! so we do still have reason to be impatient optimists :)

[zsezse215]

'We must also guard against the equal and opposite danger that public policy itself could become the captive of a scientific technological elite' Eisenhowers Farewell Address We are living Orwells 1984 philipnute com

[Motaro76]

She's more dystrophic than this African boy and looks also very old and ulgy, like lamprey eel.

[Motaro76]

She's more dystrophic than this African boy and looks also very old.

[nikkitnoodles]

I want to help/ volunteer NOW!

[effensource]

We need to demand our public officials meet their promises to fund the Millenium Development Goals. I created a website to help people do this easily.

Website: effensource(PERIOD)com(SLASH)e­ndpoverty(PERIOD)html

I welcome all feedback to help promote this cause even more! Thank you

[qwertypoiu4321]

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

[MichaelCoughenour]

And yet it's in the news that Angelina and Brad have just bought a $40 million house in Italy after a $60 million house in New York, among others--- such extravagance somehow doesn't fit with the image in this video and makes one wonder where their priorities really are.

[madman3891]

@gaartsen Ideals are very important but the reality is that because our core of civilization is based on competition what you are suggesting will not happen, what you asking is for people to take away their comfortable lives and give to the poor. History shows that this will not happen but of course im not saying that we should give up, because people who quit can never win but those who keep trying may win eventually.