Multinational corporations have been looting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for decades at the expense of innocent human beings, most of them children. This public service announcement (psa) features Congolese children from Los Angeles, California breaking the silence about the tragedy in the DRC funded by multinational corporations. For more information about the DRC, please visit www.friendsofthecongo.org.

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A large demonstration of at least 10,000 farmers had occurred in central Haiti on Friday, June 4. organized by "Mouvman Peyizan Papay" or MPP, the peasants and a contingent of youths from the capital marched for three hours to the town of Hinche to protest the American multinational company Monsanto and demand the burning of 475 tons of roundup ready genetically modified seeds the company was trying to "give" Haiti.
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"Until [Haiti] spoke the slave ship, followed by hungry sharks, greedy to devour the dead and dying slaves flung overboard to feed them, ploughed in peace the South Atlantic, painting the sea with the Negro's blood."
– Frederick Douglass 1893
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Part 2: Economic Warfare
Part 3: Corporate Plunder
Part 4: African Resistance
Two months after this legendary speech, Thomas Sankara, former President of Burkina Faso, was assassinated. Sankara called on African countries to form a powerful front against their continent’s illegitimate and immoral debt and to collectively refuse to pay it.
He understood before others that the debt was a form of modern enslavement for Africa; a major cause of poverty and deep suffering for African populations. Sankara famously stated: "If we do not pay the debt, our lenders will not die. However, if we do pay it, we are going to die."
Read more about African Revolutionary Thomas Sankara.To build a national network of grassroots groups that will work to restore Haiti's severely damaged environment by providing seedlings, developing community education tools and organizing advocacy initiatives
To address malnutrition and increase the food security of local farming communities through the provision of agricultural inputs and trainings for the production of nutrient-rich foods.
To provide training and seed money for a community-run microcredit and savings fund. To provide Haitian grassroots organizations with vitally important agricultural inputs such as plows, farm animals and grain mills; to also provide their members with the knowledge they need to make their projects successful.
We are always ready to hear about community projects that need some help, especially those focused on education and which can be sustainable and independent. The application form needs to be completed in full and returned to us. We are waiting to hear from you!
World Neighbors focuses on training and educating communities to find lasting solutions to the challenges they face – hunger, poverty and disease – rather than giving them food, money or constructing buildings. Communities tell World Neighbors what their needs are, and World Neighbors, in turn, works with them to acquire the knowledge, skills and organization to solve their problems.
Sirona Cares believes that a sustainable community has both a stable economic base and an ability to provide for its children. All of Sirona Cares’ programs are run by in-country community leaders. Sirona Cares does not create their own schools or orphanages, they support and enhance facilities already existing in the community.
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