For generations, ranchers and the timber industry have lived off the resources of the land. But federal regulations and a growing environmental movement are putting more and more limits on the western way of life. We watch as the tension mounts in this small community to the point that people no longer feel safe in their homes. With so many parties in conflict, trained mediators have a difficult job ahead of them. We watch as mediators take on the difficult job of getting people to once again talk to each other, and slowly begin to resolve some of the many complex issues that are tearing their community apart.
Hunger is the constant corrosive companion of millions.
Dr. John Peters delivered these eloquent thoughts during a 1951 church sermon in Oklahoma City. That single speech was so powerful, a worldwide program to stop hunger and poverty sprung up practically overnight. In this edition of The Visionaries, we profile the Oklahoma-based organization, World Neighbors, that works around the globe to empower people to solve their own problems of poverty, hunger and disease. We begin in Kenya, where community organizers are helping their own people gain access to better healthcare, adequate food resources and education. We also learn how Kenyans, and others from the Third World are sharing their skills with Americans.