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GOOD: Bono: A Brief History

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Bono has gone from consummate rock star to passionate advocate for change, gaining audience with the world's leaders and a reputation for being serious—and seriously informed—about African debt relief and the AIDS crisis.
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GOOD: Bikes to Rwanda
Lugging huge bags of coffee through the unpaved hills of Rwanda to a processing plant was back-breaking work for the Karaba coffee co-op. In this original GOOD video see how a collaboration between Karaba and a Portland, Oregon, coffee roaster has solved that problem, boosted production, and given birth to a new non-profit.
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GOOD: Hippo Rollers
In rural Africa, women spend 26% of their time fetching water, often walking for miles with heavy buckets balanced on their heads. That's time that could be spent going to school, working outside the home, or teaching their children. The Hippo Water Roller eases the burden by allowing women to transport five times as much water with much less physical effort. In our latest LOOK video, we examine the impact of the rollers on one village in South Africa. LEARN MORE hipporoller.org
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Salma Hayek for Mandela’s: It’s in our hands
Salma Hayek joins the many other celebrity advocates to support both World AIDS Day and Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity, in search of awareness and a cure for the AIDS epidemic. She speaks with t5m about some startling statistics and how we must join together to fight the devastating effects of AIDS. ‘Over 30 countries say that the stigma and discrimination against people living with AIDS still lives on. And indeed continues to spread almost like the disease itself.’ Battling further discrimination against the millions of people living with the disease is a main objective in Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign.
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Ricky Gervais as advocate for 46664
Actor Ricky Gervais shares a few bone-chilling statistics with t5m. The comedian makes no jokes in sharing his support for both World AIDS Day and Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity. ‘In the time it takes for me to tell you this, at least 3 sub-Saharan African children have been orphaned due to AIDS.’ That means that by the time you finish reading this, almost ten children have lost the love of a parent, home, and way of life, many before the age of 14. This rate is shockingly high. With the right medication, people living with HIV/AIDS can live a normal life, remaining able to take care of children and loved ones. It’s in our hands.
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46664: Christian Slater says - It’s in our hands
The AIDS epidemic is not to be ignored. While the 46664 concert event brought many musicians out to show their support in Nelson Mandela’s fight against the disease, many other celebrities came out to rally in support. Here, actor Christian Slater tells t5m some alarming facts about the rapid spread of the disease. In the 25 years since AIDS was registered as a disease, 65 million people have been infected, and over 25 million people have died. With support and awareness, this number can be decreased. It’s in our hands.
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GOOD: The Motorcycle Doctors
What good are vaccines if they never reach the people who need them? For millions of Africans living in rural villages far from medical facilities, isolation can lead to disease and death. In this original GOOD video we look at Riders for Health, a U.K.-based organization that uses high-speed off-road motorcycles to bring medical help to remote villages in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and The Gambia.
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GOOD: Kinkajou Projector Brings Literacy to Mali
Teaching adults to read is a difficult enough task in and of itself, but in rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and books weathered by the punishing desert climate. Enter the Kinkajou Projector, a fusion of high and low technology that makes teaching night literacy classes as easy as ABC. LEARN MORE Design That Matters
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Ewan & Charley: A Road Less Travelled - Part 3
In the final part of our exclusive 3-part series, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman find out what's being done to support children affected by HIV AIDS in Malawi. Ewan and Charley describe their visit to the child care centre in rural Chimteka as a really positive experience, despite the fact most of the children there are orphans and have lost parents to HIV/AIDS. More than half a million children in Malawi have lost one or both parents because of AIDS, and 15 per cent of the population is now living with HIV. Centres like this new one at Chimteka are run by the community and supported by UNICEF. They provide young children with nourishing meals, basic health care and education. Ewan and Charley always wanted to get an insight into Africa and its people on this journey and as they reflect on their trip through Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi they already understand the difficult issues that need to be tackled.

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Some household appliances cost us while they sit around and collect dust. They suck energy just by being plugged in, even if they aren’t turned on. This wickedly wasteful phenomenon is commonly known as standby power, but we call it Vampire Energy.
 

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