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World Vision
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Much was accomplished for this very worthwhile relief agency, dedicated to crisis
control in places such as the Horn of Africa, which was hit by mass starvation,
or Bangladesh, overcome by disastrous floods. Another World Vision mission is
to help effect long term sustainable relief that helps underdeveloped nations
help themselves and avert short-term crises.
Since
World Vision's strength of effort depends on donations, we constantly sought
coverage by feeding the print and broadcast media with stories about their
work.
One
example of how we "wedded" the immediate crisis story of hunger with
the benefits of long-term relief, was generating a video news story on the
Ansokia Valley in Ethiopia. Ansokia was ravaged by starvation and plague, along
with the rest of the country, in the late '80s. Our story included devastating
footage of the cost in human lives and suffering that hit Ansokia at that time.
But we were interested in telling a story about transformation, and how, thanks
to the relief and sustainable long-term agricultural development efforts
undertaken by World Vision, Ansokia had become a bread basket not only for
Ethiopia but many other parts of Africa. This "Before And After"
miracle story, which we produced as a video news feature, was carried by
hundreds of American TV stations, as well as network news, including use of the
footage in concert with a live appearance by Robert Seiple, president of World
Vision, in-studio on The Today Show.
Mr.
Seiple's appearance on Today also became a prelude to a number of other
appearances on that and other network talk shows. |