Eleni Gabre-Madhin .. Who?.. One woman, giving back (edited)

[SoCalDem]

Aaron Brown (remember him?) is the host of this fantastic series..

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/the-market-maker-introduction/5000/
July 22nd, 2009
The Market Maker


Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a woman with a dream. The charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end hunger in her famine-plagued country. But rather than relying on foreign aid or new agricultural technology, she has a truly radical plan. She has designed the nation’s first commodities exchange, which she hopes will revolutionize an ancient market system whose inefficiencies have been partly responsible for the country’s persistent food shortages.

In April 2008 and after more than a decade of planning, the starting bell rang on the trading floor for the first time. Gabre-Madhin has been running frantically ever since. She attempts to maintain the machinery that keeps her country fed while facing powerful special interests, antiquated farming practices, poor infrastructure, and an unpredictable climate. Not to mention a global economic crisis.

WIDE ANGLE travels to East Africa for The Market Maker, hosted by anchor Aaron Brown, to tell the dramatic, intimate story of a woman on a mission – and a world of trouble standing in her way.

Premieres Wednesday July 22, 2009. Check your own PBS stations for a replay



EDITED to ADD..

WTF?? a <0 for this?? Who could possibly be AGAINST altruism, and an uplifting story about a woman trying to make a difference in her home-country..?

I guess I really DON'T "get this "un-rec" thingie:rofl:

If Africa is "not your thing" or "women are not your thing", or PBS is not your "thing". wouldn;t just passing up the whole thing be just as appropriate as a silent fart in the elevator aka "drive-by un-rec" without so much as a reply .. If people have time to visit, click their disapproval, surely there's time for a simple "meh", or "ho-hum" or something..:shrug:

[tavalon]

1. Fixed it for now

Stupid, stupid people.

I hate unrec.

[SoCalDem]

2. Thanks, tav

:)