All Videos Tagged poverty (Urgent Evoke) - Urgent Evoke 2024-04-18T04:05:44Z http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=poverty&rss=yes&xn_auth=no William Kamkwamba - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-25:4871302:Video:104447 2010-04-25T22:58:44.523Z THIAGO CARVALHO PELUCIO SILVA http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/THIAGOCARVALHOPELUCIOSILVA <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/william-kamkwamba-the-boy"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182242957?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />At age fourteen, while many of us were sneaking out of classrooms, William was struggling to sneak into them—his family was unable to afford the $80 annual tuition. But he encountered a book called Using Energy <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/william-kamkwamba-the-boy"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182242957?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />At age fourteen, while many of us were sneaking out of classrooms, William was struggling to sneak into them—his family was unable to afford the $80 annual tuition. But he encountered a book called Using Energy Giving Work Through Samasource tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-23:4871302:Video:101239 2010-04-23T02:15:42.161Z Nathan P. Wallace http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/NathanPWallace <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/giving-work-through-samasource"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182253771?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>After watching this video of Leila Chirayath, the founder of Samasource, I was inspired to give $50 to help her organization find work for women in East Africa and Northern Pakistan. In the video Chirayath talks about how she created a way to give meaningful work to people living in poverty. She speaks about the wasted talent that is caused by severe poverty and her idea of micro… <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/giving-work-through-samasource"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182253771?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />After watching this video of Leila Chirayath, the founder of Samasource, I was inspired to give $50 to help her organization find work for women in East Africa and Northern Pakistan. In the video Chirayath talks about how she created a way to give meaningful work to people living in poverty. She speaks about the wasted talent that is caused by severe poverty and her idea of micro work is an innovative way to provide people with work and a decent wage. I became a fan of Samasource on Facebook so I'm hoping that some of my friends will be inspired to donate as well. How to feed the world tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-30:4871302:Video:73156 2010-03-30T16:59:11.351Z Benny Faibish http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/BennyFaibish <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />How can 1 in 7 people be malnourished in the modern world? A beautifully illustrated video shows the causes. <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />How can 1 in 7 people be malnourished in the modern world? A beautifully illustrated video shows the causes. TED: Insights on Poverty tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-17:4871302:Video:40191 2010-03-17T09:36:32.127Z Rahul Dewanjee http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RD <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing. <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing. why inconvenience small farms tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-03-14:4871302:Video:35860 2010-03-14T18:35:02.907Z Rahul Dewanjee http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RD <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />let's discuss the impact of legislation on small sustainable farming practices <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/how-to-feed-the-world-2"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182241079?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />let's discuss the impact of legislation on small sustainable farming practices