VIDEO: Solar Power Fuels an Economic Revival in an Unlikely Place Mark Leon Goldberg April 29, 2016 A women's farming cooperative in rural Senegal is reaping the benefits of a new solar power installation. What's left unsaid in this video is that one of the funders of this new solar power system was the G...
Meet the Heroic Nigerian Bishop Who is Sheltering Children Who Escaped Boko Haram Captivity Mark Leon Goldberg April 20, 2016 The abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok in April 2014 drew international attention to the crimes of Boko Haram. But thousands of children have been kidnapped across north eastern Nigeria since the Boko...
Be Transfixed: How a Bird Sanctuary in India Was Brought Back to Life (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg April 6, 2016 This video is worth four minutes of your day. The beatifically shot mini documentary, from the UN, tells the story of a migratory bird sanctuary in India that was revived by a public-private partnership incl...
Praying for Rain in Ethiopia (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg March 24, 2016 This video, from the Thompson Reuters Foundation, is a powerful first person account of the epic drought currently being experienced in parts of Ethiopia. For older Ethiopians, it is bringing up unsettling memo...
Video: These Are the Refugees That Europe is Turning Its Back On Mark Leon Goldberg March 4, 2016 There are now some 10,000 people stranded in Greece at the border of Macedonia. The Macedonian government has all but shut its border, only letting a limited number of Syrians and Iraqis each day. Still, people...
Video: A Double Amputee’s Incredible Journey from Syria Mark Leon Goldberg February 19, 2016 This teenager's legs were blown off when his house was bombed in Syria. He then embarked on an incredible journey--sometimes by wheel barrel--to safety. This video from UNICEF demonstrates the sheer fortitud...
What it’s like to be smuggled out of Afghanistan in a car trunk (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg January 13, 2016 This is an intense video from UNICEF, shot in part by young teenagers as they were fleeing the Taliban. These children fled for their lives, and risked their lives as they fled through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, a...
The UN Year in Review (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg December 22, 2015 From the Sustainable Development Goals to the world's worst refugee crisis since World War Two, 2015 was a year of extreme highs and extreme lows. This recap from the United Nations offers some stunning visuals...
This 16-Year-Old Afghan Boy Fled To Europe, But Experienced Horror on the Way (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg December 15, 2015 This teenage boy was an Afghan refugee in Iran. The chances of being accepted into Iran, being permitted to work and gain an education were extremely dim. "Even if we stay 100 more years, we would have no prosp...
