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The World Vision Report (Magazine)

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  • Host: Peggy Wehmeyer
  • This show is a weekend newsmagazine and daily feature show capturing the human drama behind global issues and events affecting the world's poorest children and families. Honest reporitng, compelling interviews, and in-depth analysis from international reporters highlight the challenges facing the disenfranchised around the world and illuminate solutions for tackling world poverty.
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Top of the Pops

Sat, Nov 15
Cuba has long been famous for its music. From mambo, to cha cha, to salsa the beat of Cuban rhythms pulls people onto dance floors around the world. At the top of the charts in Cuba this week is "La Habana me llama" by Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco. This song is an example of a musical style called?timba,?a mix of traditional music and contemporary styles such as funk and hip hop.

Tom's Shoes

Sat, Nov 15
Fans of Tom's Shoes include actress Scarlett Johanson, Spiderman?s Toby McGuire, and even former President Bill Clinton. Perhaps they're all drawn to the fact that with every pair they purchase, a needy child receives his or her own pair of shoes. Tom?s Shoes are the brainchild of Blake Mycoskie of ?The Amazing Race? fame. When he and his sister competed in the global contest a few years ago, Blake traveled to Argentina and witnessed something there that stopped him in his tracks. He...

Drug Peasant

Sat, Nov 15
Reporter Conrad Fox posts this Reporter's Notebook about a farmer he met who grew marijuana in the past, and had been deeply involved in drug violence. But his main worries today seem to be the normal concerns of fathers everywhere.

Burners Without Borders

Sat, Nov 15
The Burning Man arts festival, held in the remote Nevada desert, attracts about 50,000 "burners" each summer. The burners are there to party. But that?s not all they do, as Eric Whitney reports.

Frying Pan

Sat, Nov 15
The idea of recycling takes on a whole new meaning in the West African country of Mali. Reporter Kira Neel has more in the latest in our Street Vendor series.

Obama's Plans

Sat, Nov 15
President-elect Obama has made many public statements about his commitment to international aid. In particular, he?s said he will double the amount we spend on aid from $25 billion to $50 billion over the next four years. Tom Hart, director of government relations at the nonprofit organization ONE, discusses the President-elect?s commitments.

No Food

Sat, Nov 15
During the Cold War, the communist island nation of Cuba thrived on trade with the Soviet Union. But since 1989, Cuba has struggled to produce enough food to feed its inhabitants. The recent spate of hurricanes has destroyed many crops, making food even scarcer. We sent reporter Amelia de Sousa to Cuba to report on what life is like for ordinary Cubans. She discovered they have to be creative to put more than government-issued rice and beans on the table.

Miriam Makeba

Sat, Nov 15
African musical legend Miriam Makeba, known to her fans as Mama Africa, died recently after performing a concert in Italy. She was 76. Tendai Maphosa, our guide to global music, has been listening to Miriam Makeba since he was a child and shares his reflections.

Drug Violence

Sat, Nov 15
As a result of the Mexican government's crackdown on organized crime, violence has exploded. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed this year alone. The violence touches some of the smallest towns and villages in the country. Conrad Fox visited the town of Altotonga and sent us this report.

Monique and the Mango Rains

Sat, Nov 8
Peace corps volunteer Kris Holloway moved to Mali, West Africa after college. That?s where she met Monique, the village midwife, and the two women quickly became close friends. Monique is the subject of Holloway?s book,?Monique and the Mango Rains. Holloway joins host Peggy Wehmeyer to talk about Monique's life.

Top of the Pops

Sat, Nov 8
At the top of the charts this week in India is a song called Rashid Ali, by Kabhi Kabhi Aditi. The song was made famous by a hot new Bollywood movie.

Masseur

Sat, Nov 8
In the village of Bhagsu in northern India, a thousand-year-old Hindu temple stands at the main square. It?s a meeting place for both locals and tourists. It?s also where plenty of people sell their wares. Will Everett introduces us to one of them in our ongoing Street Vendor series.

News From Goma

Sat, Nov 8
Recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in the last week alone, and humanitarian aid groups are overwhelmed. Many who need food and medical assistance can?t be reached because of the fighting. As Michael Kavanagh shares in this Reporter's Notebook, the Congolese people have an unfortunate history of being left to their own devices. Kavanagh's reporting from the Congo is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Obama's Election

Sat, Nov 8
The news that Barack Obama will be America?s 44th president swept quickly around the world. In Kenya, where Obama?s father was born, the government declared a national holiday. Ernest Waititu is a Kenyan journalist who joins the World Vision Report from time to time to discuss what?s going on in his community. He shares how he and fellow Kenyans reacted when the election results came in.

Peanut Butter Care

Sat, Nov 8
As food prices rise around the world, children increasingly suffer from malnutrition. But in Haiti, one organization may have found a solution. Amelia de Sousa reports.

Baking Troubles

Sat, Nov 1
An earthquake shook Pakistan a few days ago. More than 200 people died and 15,000 were left homeless. The quake comes at a bad time for Pakistan, a country struggling with Al Qaeda and Taliban forces on its border. And the global economic crisis has affected everyone in the country. Food prices were rising even before the financial crash. Higher prices aren?t just affecting consumers, they?re also having an impact on those who make food for a living. Will Everett reports from Peshawar, Pakistan.

Cash, Not Food

Sat, Nov 1
Food prices were rising long before the economy came crashing down. But the current global financial crisis makes it even more likely that people in developing countries will be squeezed into greater poverty. Traditionally, aid groups have delivered food to the hungry. But now, some aid groups are trying something different: They?re giving cash. Rob Crilly, reporting from a remote part of Kenya, covered this phenomenon for the Christian Science Monitor.

Daniel's Dream

Sat, Nov 1
Soccer is the sport of choice across most of Africa. But in the West African country of Ghana, baseball is gaining popularity. The relatively new sport was introduced by American expats in the 1980s, and today, there are just a few hundred baseball players in the country. Reporter Darrell Harvey tells us the story of one enthusiastic player named Daniel.

Coming Home

Sat, Nov 1
A Colombian lawmaker has escaped after eight years in a jungle prison camp, accompanied by a guerilla fighter from the rebel group that kidnapped him. FARC guerillas who turn themselves in with hostages are rewarded by the government. Conrad Fox reports.

Music of Zimbabwe

Sat, Nov 1
Zimbabwe reporter Tendai Maphosa introduces us to the troubled country's most famous musician, Oliver Mtukudzi. Tuku, as he?s also known, still performs before packed audiences in his own country, though Zimbabwe is fighting soaring inflation, food shortages, and tumultuous political upheavals.

Kano Market Fiction

Sat, Nov 1
In northern Nigeria, women writers are churning out best-selling novels on their personal computers. Not surprisingly, their stories speak of love, romance and marriage. Women love the books -? but local religious and political leaders object. Reporter Sarah Simpson has more from the northern city of Kano.

Top of the Pops

Sat, Nov 1
What are people listening to in Nigeria? This new feature, Top of the Pops, will give a listen to the song which sits atop the charts of a different country, each week. This week we give a listen to Lagos' most popular piece, "Where U Dey" by artist "M'Trill."

Huipiles

Sat, Nov 1
Our latest street vendor segment takes us to the town of Chichicastenango, where on Thursdays and Sundays people from all over Guatemala flock to market, one of the biggest in Latin America. Most of the vendors are descendants of the ancient Maya ?- they're famous for handwoven textiles. Reporter Amelia de Sousa introduces us to a woman who?s been selling her wares there for a long time.

In Their Own Words

Sat, Nov 1
The Muslim world recently celebrated the end of Ramadan. Muslims traditionally fast for a month, with feasts every night. The biggest feast of all occurs on the final night. Ousmane Barry, a French teacher in Mali, describes what this festival means to him.

Slave No More

Sat, Nov 1
This week a court in Niger issued a groundbreaking ruling against slavery. Child slavery is still practiced in Niger and other developing countries, despite its illegal status. The Niger court blamed the government for failing to protect the rights of a woman who was sold into slavery as a child and awarded her financial damages. Prue Clarke brings us this Reporters Notebook about a young boy who grew up as a child slave in Ghana.

Opportunities NYC

Sat, Oct 25
New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg was so impressed by Mexico's successful?Oportunidades?poverty-fighting program that he decided to bring it to his city. Opportunity NYC?is underway in five of the poorest communities in New York city. Judy Martin reports.

Oportunidades

Sat, Oct 25
While global leaders discuss the most effective ways to help the poor, Mexico has been running an innovative program of its own for more than a decade. It's called?Oportunidades,?and its success has prompted two dozen other countries to copy the program. The program is the brainchild of Mexico's former deputy finance minister, Santiago Levy. Listen to his interview with Host Peggy Wehmeyer.

Nollywood

Sat, Oct 25
When it comes to movie production, there?s Hollywood, Bollywood, and now Nollywood. Nigeria?s rough and ready film industry is the third largest in the world. The quality may not live up to Hollywood standards, but the industry is booming. From Lagos, reporter Richard Lough has the story.

Tamales

Sat, Oct 25
In the latest in our street vendor series, reporter Sherri Fink meets a New Yorker who?s making her way by selling homecooked Mexican food on the streets.

Jeremy Courtney

Sat, Oct 25
Jeremy Courtney lives with his family in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. He helps run a program that sells traditional Kurdish shoes on the internet and uses the profits to pay for heart operations for Kurdish children. His work is controversial because Muslim children are being operated on by Israeli surgeons. Host Peggy Wehmeyer checks back in with Jeremy to see how the project is going.

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