World Vision Report

Climate Change and the Kuna

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

Sea levels are rising around the world, flooding coastal communities, eroding beaches and forcing people from their homes.

Sandy Hausman visited a chain of islands off the coast of Panama, where about 50,000 people are preparing to abandon their homes, churches, schools â and a way of life they've enjoyed for centuries.

Music for this show ...

After the Quake

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised an extensive package of relief supplies and equipment to earthquake-ravaged Chile. The quake killed more than 700 people and displaced another 2 million.

Reporter Jen Ross had been sponsoring a child in Chile for years. After the earthquake, Ross wondered about the little girl she hadn't seen in years. She files this Reporter's Notebook.

Music for this show ...

Todd Shea

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

Musician Todd Shea is part musician, part comedian, part social worker and part humanitarian. Much of the year you'll find him in the most remote regions of Pakistan, helping re-establish healthcare for victims of the 2005 earthquake.

He's an unlikely candidate for a hero: when asked what qualifies him, with little education and no formal training, to do disaster relief, he says perhaps itâs because his own life was once a disaster. He talks with Peggy Wehmeyer.

Music for this show ...

Ajami

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

When the Academy Awards honor the best American films and filmmakers, an award is also given to the best foreign language film produced outside the United States. One of the nominees this year is Ajami, an Israeli film that depicts the gritty reality of a neighborhood in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv.

Many of the film's actors are local residents who have experienced the violence for themselves. Daniel Estrin reports from Israel.

Music for this show ...

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

A decade of civil war in Liberia had ravaged the country and turned neighbors against each other. Amidst child soldiers and cramped refugee camps, a movement emerged from a coalition of Christian and Muslim women praying together for peace.

The documentary film Pray the Devil Back to Hell showcases the dynamic women who led the movement. Filmmaker Rachel Clift reviews the movie.

Music for this show ...

War Art

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

While he was working on the previous story about Iraqis trying to get into colleges here in the U.S., reporter Will Everett struck up a friendship with 10-year-old Ossama. He learned that Ossama is an artist. Will tells us more in this Reporter's Notebook.

Encore presentation from March 21, 2009.

Music for this show ...

Woman Taxi Driver

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

Rape, robbery, and rudeness: that's what female taxi drivers in Nairobi, Kenya worry about on a daily basis. Maybe that's why there are so few of them. Sonya Varma spends the day with one and has this report.

Encore presentation from August 31, 2008.

Music for this show ...

Zap Mama

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:21 PST

Marie Daulne, founder of the band Zap Mama, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1960s. She spent most of her life in Belgium, far from the often violent place of her birth. Nevertheless, Marie often explores her African roots in her music.

The World Vision Report's guide to global music, Ish Mafundikwa, joins us from Zimbabwe with more about Marie's life and music.

Encore presentation from January 17, 2009.

Music for this show ...

World Vision Report

Climate Change and the Kuna

After the Quake

Todd Shea

Ajami

Sponsored Children in Chile

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

War Art

Woman Taxi Driver

Zap Mama