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On this week’s World Vision Report…an encore presentation of a show first broadcast Oct. 23^rd 2010

·       The long, tangled road to asylum in the U.S.

·       Appreciating multilingualism

·       Reading to improve your life in Haiti

·       Haiti kids videotape their lives amid the recovery

·       A one-woman hunger fighter in California

·       A caste census may boost benefits to India’s poor

·       The Global Guru goes to East Timor

·       Bicycles for the poor

African Stowaways (6:40)

Mexico has an immigration problem.  Tapachula, just a few miles up the road from Guatemala, is full of foreigners.  The town is a way station for Central American migrants heading north, to America.  Recently Africans have started showing up in town, doing the same thing.  But they’ve already gone to amazing lengths just to get to Mexico.  Grant Fuller reports.

Languages (2:35)

For many people foreign languages are confounding to those who don’t know them.  But Jina Moore finds beauty in words she doesn’t know – and a cozy sense of home abroad in the few she does.  Here’s a page from her reporter’s notebook.

Read, Read, Read (5:33)

Almost half the population of Haiti can’t read or write.  January’s earthquake destroyed 80% of the schools in and around Port-au-Prince.  So, many children may not be back in school when classes resume in November.  But a non-profit program has sent so called “readers” out to various camps around Haiti to read to displaced children.  From Port-au-Prince, Amanda Thieroff has the story.

Haiti Kids (6:40)

Since January’s earthquake, many children in Haiti have been suffering from stress and psychological problems.  Stuart Bamforth thought of a novel way to get the kids to deal with their problems, while at the same time, keeping world attention focused on Haiti.  Bamforth, who works with Save the Children UK, started a film project in a temporary camp in Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince, the epicenter of the earthquake.  He gave six kids a video camera each, taught them how to use it, and told them to film their daily lives.  The ITV network in Britain is following the children’s progress over the next year and will broadcast some of their videotape.  Stuart Bamforth takes us back to the beginning of the story in this conversation with host Peggy Wehmeyer.

Mica Guillen (4:43)

California's Central Valley produces fruit and vegetables for the nation. But recently, hard times have caused many farm workers to turn to food aid for themselves.  Pauline Bartolone has the story of one woman who's hoping to end the hunger in our own backyard.  Pauline reports from Fresno, California.

Census & Caste (4:54)

India is in the middle of a census.  For the first time in 80 years, the census will ask all one billion plus people in India to identify their caste, or social class. It could make a big difference for India’s poor when it comes to collecting government benefits.  Sunita Thakur reports.

Global Guru: East Timor (2:59?)

Rachel Louise Snyder travels to East Timor for this week’s Global Guru.

Bikes-FK Day (7:33)

Cycling has taken off in a big way in the U.S.  That means business is good for F.K. Day.  He’s the CEO and co-founder of SRAM – a high-end bicycle parts company.  But FK’s not just passionate about cycling; he’s also passionate about helping people in need.  In 2004 he delivered more than 24,000 bikes to victims of the tsunami that wrecked Southeast Asia.

He now works full time with the non-profit World Bicycle Relief in Africa.  FK joins host Peggy Wehmeyer from Chicago.

:30 PROMO FOR THIS SHOW:

            When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S.  But getting here often involves being smuggled from one country to another.  This week the World Vision Report talks with some of those migrants.  

            We also re-visit Haiti where adults and children still live in temporary camps and kids no longer go to school -- because there is no school.  But people are helping them to learn anyway.

            Those stories and a lot more -- this week on the World Vision Report.

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On this week’s World Vision Report…an encore presentation of a show first broadcast Oct. 23^rd 2010

·       The long, tangled road to asylum in the U.S.

·       Appreciating multilingualism

·       Reading to improve your life in Haiti

·       Haiti kids videotape their lives amid the recovery

·       A one-woman hunger fighter in California

·       A caste census may boost benefits to India’s poor

·       The Global Guru goes to East Timor

·       Bicycles for the poor

African Stowaways (6:40)

Mexico has an immigration problem.  Tapachula, just a few miles up the road from Guatemala, is full of foreigners.  The town is a way station for Central American migrants heading north, to America.  Recently Africans have started showing up in town, doing the same thing.  But they’ve already gone to amazing lengths just to get to Mexico.  Grant Fuller reports.

Languages (2:35)

For many people foreign languages are confounding to those who don’t know them.  But Jina Moore finds beauty in words she doesn’t know – and a cozy sense of home abroad in the few she does.  Here’s a page from her reporter’s notebook.

Read, Read, Read (5:33)

Almost half the population of Haiti can’t read or write.  January’s earthquake destroyed 80% of the schools in and around Port-au-Prince.  So, many children may not be back in school when classes resume in November.  But a non-profit program has sent so called “readers” out to various camps around Haiti to read to displaced children.  From Port-au-Prince, Amanda Thieroff has the story.

Haiti Kids (6:40)

Since January’s earthquake, many children in Haiti have been suffering from stress and psychological problems.  Stuart Bamforth thought of a novel way to get the kids to deal with their problems, while at the same time, keeping world attention focused on Haiti.  Bamforth, who works with Save the Children UK, started a film project in a temporary camp in Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince, the epicenter of the earthquake.  He gave six kids a video camera each, taught them how to use it, and told them to film their daily lives.  The ITV network in Britain is following the children’s progress over the next year and will broadcast some of their videotape.  Stuart Bamforth takes us back to the beginning of the story in this conversation with host Peggy Wehmeyer.

Mica Guillen (4:43)

California's Central Valley produces fruit and vegetables for the nation. But recently, hard times have caused many farm workers to turn to food aid for themselves.  Pauline Bartolone has the story of one woman who's hoping to end the hunger in our own backyard.  Pauline reports from Fresno, California.

Census & Caste (4:54)

India is in the middle of a census.  For the first time in 80 years, the census will ask all one billion plus people in India to identify their caste, or social class. It could make a big difference for India’s poor when it comes to collecting government benefits.  Sunita Thakur reports.

Global Guru: East Timor (2:59?)

Rachel Louise Snyder travels to East Timor for this week’s Global Guru.

Bikes-FK Day (7:33)

Cycling has taken off in a big way in the U.S.  That means business is good for F.K. Day.  He’s the CEO and co-founder of SRAM – a high-end bicycle parts company.  But FK’s not just passionate about cycling; he’s also passionate about helping people in need.  In 2004 he delivered more than 24,000 bikes to victims of the tsunami that wrecked Southeast Asia.

He now works full time with the non-profit World Bicycle Relief in Africa.  FK joins host Peggy Wehmeyer from Chicago.

:30 PROMO FOR THIS SHOW:

            When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S.  But getting here often involves being smuggled from one country to another.  This week the World Vision Report talks with some of those migrants.  

            We also re-visit Haiti where adults and children still live in temporary camps and kids no longer go to school -- because there is no school.  But people are helping them to learn anyway.

            Those stories and a lot more -- this week on the World Vision Report.