Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Hope in the Congo; David Beckmann

April 4, 2008

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL takes viewers on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — a country almost one-fourth the size of the U.S. — to follow aid workers and local relief efforts that are bringing hope to a forgotten land. "The aid agencies are almost substituting for a social welfare system that hasn't operated in these areas for decades," says Dominic MacSorley, emergency director for Concern Worldwide, an international aid organization. The program profiles an innovative program that employs locals to bike food to remote areas. Then, Bill Moyers interviews David Beckmann, the president of Bread for the World, an organization which campaigns to strengthen U.S. political commitment to end world hunger and poverty. A clergyman and economist, Beckmann joined Bread for the World after serving at the World Bank for 15 years overseeing projects to reduce poverty. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.