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VOICES
OF VISION
– a series of half hour documentaries on non-profit organizations
for PBS stations nationwide hosted by NPR’s Scott Simon.
Programs include: Boys Town, Orphan Foundation, CARE, Johns
Hopkins, Institute of Medicine and more.
Programs
written and produced by Robyn Symon:
CARE-The
documentary highlights efforts of this international humanitarian
organization dedicated to developing long-term solutions to
ending poverty around the globe. Program highlights include
a school for girls and work program for war widows in Afghanistan,
a loan program in Guatemala, an HIV/AIDS health program in Kenya
and the CARE CORPS volunteer
program in Peru.
FORDHAM
LAW SCHOOL-
The Joseph Crowley Program in International Human Rights puts
students on the front lines in the fight defending human rights
around the globe. The documentary investigates human rights
abuses against women in Ghana, Africa where women are forced
to give up their homes after their husbands pass away. The program
profiles women throughout Ghana, as well as tribal chiefs and
local human rights defenders.
GIRLS
AND BOYS TOWN- The famous home started in 1917 by father
Edward Flanagan is expanding beyond the borders of Boys Town,
Nebraska opening satellite homes and offering training to teachers
and child care workers using a behavior modification program
that has an 80% success rate.
FLORIDA
MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE- Census takers of the sea
are using the latest technology to monitor Florida's vast underwater
world, studying reproduction habits of fish and migration of
endangered manatees to protect and preserve the state's underwater
treasures while balancing the demands of the sunshine state's
most important economic resource.
THE
ORPHAN FOUNDATION-
Foster teens aging out of the foster care system have few resources
to pursue their dreams and often wind up on welfare or worse
on the streets or prison. The Orphan Foundation is a scholarship
program designed to help kids thru college and mentors that
provide emotional support.
JOHN
HOPKINS - CENTER FOR A LIVABLE FUTURE
- A non profit organization who mission is to create public
awareness about the vicious cycle between what we eat, food
production, disease and the impact on the environment. The shoot
locations included Beijing China where health officials are
growing concerned over the modern diet which includes fast foods.
INSTITUTE
OF MEDICINE
- Institute of Medicine- This division of the National Academies
is responsible for groundbreaking reports including “Too
Err is Human” about the medical mistakes at our countries
hospitals. The IOM is a national resource for government leaders
and the public providing unbiased scientific studies on the
most critical health issues of our time.
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