we want to empower kids to help children in need, living in sub-saharan africa.ter we have mobilized over 10,000 young people to get involved and we have raised almost a million dollars for schools, clinics and housing. i want to spread the word that it doesn't matter what situation you're born with, in you're sick, healthy, pretty or poor, anyone can make a difference in another person's life. >> that was awesome. cindy levy is the editor in chief of "glamour" magazine and kendall ciesemier is the winner. >> we can tell why you picked her. >> kendall is amazing. this competition is designed to honor young women who really go above and beyond. obviously she's got incredible grades, she's a great student, great on campus, but she's a leader, not just in her college, but in the world. she's making the place better for all of us. >> one of the great things about you, your illness is part of you but not all of you. it shapes you, doesn't define. it's not all of you. >> absolutely. i think while i was growing up, you would never hear me talk about the fact that i had

that's half of what they have in sub-saharan africa. it will be three cents of kilo watt. we pay 10 cents to 20 cents per kilowatt. in africa they pay 75 cents per kilowatt. they have -- >> despite the high costs. >> then if you add the cost of transmission, well, you know, chinese companies tell us they can build transmission lines as far as a couple thousand kilometers for an additional two cents, three cents per kilo watt an hour so we are talking about extremely cheap energy. if it's just the cheap energy you'd have to look at it but it's not just that. it's so much cleaner. so over a 30-year period, the co-2 emissions from a hydroelectric would be less than a coal powered power plant. how do you reach the aspirations of our people, the aspirations the people have for themselves with regards to energy? you don't need coal, you don't need high row electric, you don't -- hydroelectric, you don't need that, you need solar and wind. it's not possible with intermittent power so the question you have to ask yourself, are you serious about two things? the first is, are you ser

>> we closed last night at midnight for the acquisition of protea, for 116 hotels all in sub saharan africapitality business. this is a deal we started in november of 2012. we're thrilled to close it because we see in sub -saharan africa a huge growth in middle class, 40% increase in travel spending since 2009. you look at the decades to come and we think travel in sub-saharan africa will be great. we'll be thrilled to be part of it. >> you better know your stuff, too, arne. that is a true frontier market or is it not anymore? do we think of it wrong and the risks involved for you? >> it's obviously a riskier place than the united states would be. you look at when we evaluate the deal, we use different cap rates and the difference in some of the markets. the first time since independence swept across sub-saharan africa, really 50 years ago, we're seeing many countries with sustained good governments, where they're seeing their economies growing, focused on their economy. we should see gdp growth of twice the global average this year. that's a really powerful sign that things are working. >>

and 2012, the1 economy grew at an average of eight percent above the rate for sub-saharan africa. gdp per capita has increased by five times in 20 years. gdp -- it wase very low. increased. >> the country's economy is dependent on agriculture. it is seeking to lift our people out of poverty. >> rwanda is one of the best developing countries in the world. >> rwanda's turnaround story is positive. infrastructure mains and obstacle for foreign investment. -- remains an obstacle for foreign investment. >> let's look at a few other stories. isnce foreign minister taking charge of the trade portfolio of the french government. that is a first in the history of france. the news was announced after rumors of a power struggle. wantede foreign minister the portfolio in connection with a government reshuffle. theian energy company says size of ukraine's gas bill has risen to $2.2 billion. tuesday, they announced they would raise the price of gas exports to ukraine. the chief executive of lufthansa said he is hoping for a quick resolution to the standoff with the pilots. it comes during a thre

that's half of what they have in sub-saharan africa. will be three cents of kilo watt. e pay 10 cents to 20 cents per kilowatt. n africa they pay 75 cents per kilowatt. they have -- >> despite the high costs. >> then if you add the cost of transmission, well, you know, chinese companies tell us they can build transmission lines as far as a couple thousand kilometers for an additional two cents, three cents per kilo watt an hour so we are talking about extremely cheap energy. if it's just the cheap energy you'd have to look at it but it's not just that. it's so much cleaner. so over a 30-year period, the ube emissions from a hide -- o-2 emissions from a ydroelectric would be less than a coal powered power plant. how do you reach the aspirations of our people, the aspirations the people have for themselves with regards to energy? you don't need coal, you don't need high row electric, you don't -- hydroelectric, you don't need that, you need solar and wind. it's not possible with intermittent power so the question you have to ask yourself, are you serious about two things?

as a result, the rest of sub- saharan africa is looking to rwanda for a better way of doing things, for a better model of development. time, we will meet the dogs that can detect cancer. with a remarkable sense of smell, these dogs are trained to detect early signs of bladder cancer. it looks like they really could be our best friend. see you next time. goodbye. ÷w >> today on "earth focus," from monitoring glacier melt and arctic sea ice to what scientists say climate change may mean for our future, coming up on "earth focus." >> on the edge of the gulf of alaska, straddling the icy border with canada and the coast range mountains, lies the juno icefield. this is the fifth largest expanse of ice covering the planet and is the source area for hundreds of glaciers. the juno icefield research program, or jirp, has been studying these mighty rivers of ice since 1946 to better understand how our planet's natural environments are changing and what this means to our common future. >> and actually there's a little bit of complexity as to why we use glacier ice. >> i came here as a science stud

from haiti to lebanon to sub-saharan africa our country has a deep and abiding interest in restoring stability, mitigating conflict, and combating terrorism. multilateral peace operations enable us to do so in a cost-effective manner in such strife torn countries as south sudan, somalia, d.r.c., swell transitioning countries critical to u.s. interests such as afghanistan, libya, and iraq. since the president submitted his budget on march 4, owing to a sharply deteriorating security environment in the central african republic, secretary-general moon has recommended the rapid employment of a new u.n. mission to protect civilians. the emergency in the central african republic and our view that a peacekeeping mission is required because of the acute security needs, highlights the value of a peacekeeping response mechanism of the type we have proposed to deal with contingencies arising outside of the regular budget cycle. at the same time, the real world is presenting catastrophic humanitarian emergencies like this one to which it is in the u.s. national interest to respond. we are rigoro

that's half of what they have been sub-saharan africa right there. the cost will be 3 cents per kilowatt hour. we probably in washington pay 10, 12 cents a kilowatt hour, and they pay the highest price in africa, 75 cents a kilowatt hour. you look at the country like -- they been going 6% you pay 75 -- >> despite the high cost. >> if you add the cost of transmission, chinese companies tell us they can build transmission lines as far as a couple thousand kilometers for an additional two, 3 cents a kilowatt hour. we're still talking extremely cheap energy. it was just cheap energy you have to look at it but it's not just that. it's so much cleaner, and so over a 30 year period, the co2 emissions from hydroelectric water that would be a million times less compared 8 billion if you build a coal plant. the issue, and this is what i hear him talking with the leaders in africa, they are saying how do you expect us to reach the aspirations we have for our people, the aspirations that are people have for themselves without energy? some people said you don't ne

sub-saharan africa is not one integrated country.t is 46 different countries and each will be different. some are in better shape for investment than others. we do think nigeria is a big and important opportunity. i think what our business model has differentiated in many investors in africa starts with our decision to raise urban and equity and list on the london stock exchange. for the companies we are looking to acquire that is a big positive. it is permanent equity, it is not going to come out when the lp wants it to come out. i think the second part of the business model that differentiates us is we do not think of ourselves as just investors. we really think of ourselves as operators. positionsing majority and working very closely with the management teams to actually impact the business models. business models in africa are rallied in many of the banks, not all of them. they are rather simplistic. about getting big returns. >> when you think about nigeria and the rule of law and the history in that country, many people feel th

ini have 4 children, and sub-saharan africa 4 of them would die and be of disease.decided to use my expertise to do something petco and useful as a service to the community -- something practical and useful as a service to the community. are there a lot of scientists like your guest to our joint -- who are working on global health programs like this? >> you have a virus experts and biologists looking to improve them but i don't think there are many astrophysicist working this field. to healthortant experts consider technology to be when it comes to commenting these endemic diseases? >> we talk about this technology a lot in business but in that sphere they're looking for efficient ways to spend money. if there is a solution that will work and rollout widely and save them money, that is something they are interested in. >> we were talking during the package and i noted the irony -- you are talking about a university that has links to the manhattan project which obviously led to a lot of death and instruction, and here you have people working to save lives. >> he is p

chances might be hurt by african horse sickness, an infectious and de deadly decease endemic to sub-saharan africa. we have reports from cape town. >> reporter: african horse sickness is a fatal disease. it has to ensure that they are in perfect health before they can leave the continent. the e.u. banned south african horses two years ago because of an outbreak. now authorities are warning if it is not sorted out the bid for the summer olympic games might fail. that's because no other country will want to expose their equestrian teams to the disease. >> you have to remove the horses and bring them back a month later. it's a exercise that is manageable, but it comes down to what constitutes risk of transporting the virus. we don't believe there is any. >> reporter: there is an vaccine for african horse sickness, but it is a live vaccine and it is not accepted by e.u. officials. the ban is putting buyers off. >> first of horses spend three weeks in quarantine here. then they are sen sent to a furr three months quarantine. only then are they sent to their quartine. >> it impacts a lot of breeders and

a vast majority of them in sub saharan africa. the goal is no child is born with aids by 2015. is he now watching the beginning of the end? he's with us now along with the ceo of born free. drft, i'm just start with you. your own personal story is amazing. you were there, just a few isolated cases in this country and became this horrible, global epidemic. are we really now at a point where after all these years, you can start to see the end of this thing as an especially dem snik. >> well, yes. the truth of it is is that we have come a long way. the united states has played a central role in orchestrating the effective response through the president's emergency plan for aids relief, started by president bush, brought to scale by president obama. it has reached out to the country's most heavily impacted by hiv throughout the world. and brought care, prevention and treatment services. >> maybe you can explain this to me. we're seeing 700 children a day still being affected. you're saying by the end of 2015, this is less than two years a way, this can be brought down to 0. how? wh

because i know in some parts of sub-saharan africa there are issues of resistance on aids and hiv because of culture the resistance. how do you bridge that? >> it's a process. like anything change is hard, and something so personal it's difficult. it's difficult when a family member has a condition you that don't totally understand or there are cultural stigmas associated with it. and it's a cultural change over time. what we see, or what we have seen is that 15 years ago it was very difficult for a woman or a man to come home and tell his or her spouse that they had hiv. and it's still hard in some places but it's getting a lot better. >> and we talk about so many of those countries being in africa. what are other parts of the world where we've seen this epidemic really not declining to the rates that it is in western europe and the u.s.? >> well, the country outside of africa where the community is focusing the most is in india. and there hiv is a challenge because the country is just so large. it's almost like finding a needle in a haystack. so even though the prevalence of hiv is not

mostly in sub-saharan africa, but also bingo --. they're recognized to be the most vulnerable.he obligation the rich world have taken on to support them, they have pledged funding but they have not met the pledges fully. that is one aspect. on the other hand, one of the new outcomes from the report is these countries aren't sitting idle. they are trying to adapt to these potential effects of climate change. for example in my country, bangladesh has a far-reaching climate change strategy, and action plan and the order of half $1 billion of their own money. at the same time, they're asking for international donors to match that and they have at about half the level, but the country is going ahead at the community and national level and so are a number of other countries. in many ways, the least developed countries are leading the world in trying to find ways to tackle the impacts of climate change and adapt. that there is a limit to what they can do. -- but there is a limit to what they can do. >> i want to go back to comments that tim gore made about also fuels. the largest oil

initiative which will increase access to affordable electricity to hundreds of millions of people in sub-saharan africa. this will help fuel greater economic growth and development across the continent. i hope the electrifying africa act that we authored will bolster your africa next -- in afghanistan and pakistan the u.s. has spent billions on roads, agriculture, rule of law and capacity building. i hope you'll focus on how you and a -- after the withdrawal of all u.s. combat troops at the end of 2014 and the continuing value of our aid to pakistan. on ukraine, the president recently signed into law a bipartisan legislation to provide additional assistance with a focus on strengthening civil society, ma combating corruption, promoting efficiency and diversification and preparing the country for democratic elections. usaid will be a lead agency in implementing this assistance and i look forward to hearing your views. i might add that the chairman and i are leaving a trip to ukraine in the very, very short time. finally, i regret the budget request plans for a long road ahead in syria. the assad regime

we want to empower kids to help children in need, living in sub-saharan africa.e in another person's life. >> that was awesome. cyndi levy is the editor in chief of "glamour" magazine and kendall ceasemire is the winner. >> you can tell why you picked her. >> kendall is amazing. this competition is designed to honor young women who really go above and beyond. obviously she's got incredible grades, she's a great student, great on campus, but she's a leader, not just in her college, but in the world. she's making the place better for all of us. >> one of the great things about you, your illness is part of you but not all of you. it shapes you, doesn't define. >> absolutely. i think while i was growing up, you would never hear me talk about the fact that i had surgeries or was growing up with a liver disease because i didn't want that to be how people knew me. i wanted to not be defined as kendall, the sick girl, but kendall the girl who wanted to help other people. and that was such a powerful gift in my life to be able to kind of redefine myself and my purpose and

inanization that has worked sub-saharan africa for the last 20 years.ing to advance opportunities for girls education. ultimately, they will be consumers and citizens. they will have stabilize the country and help make it productive. >> what about happiness index? it is often talked about. is it time to include it along with gdp? should be included happiness index? >> i think it is actually being done. bhutan lead in happiness index. it is actually more closely correlated with opportunity than with income. of ours me think declaration of independence in the u.s., where we are endowed with the right to the pursuit of happiness. suggests to me that the pursuit of opportunity is clearly what gives people meaning in their lives, makes them feel fulfilled, makes him feel secure in their environment. that is where we should be looking. can be a bit woolly, can't it, if you equated to opportunity. that is a bit clearer. it is something that is actionable. >> if you take a snapshot of your me at any given day, we may not be particularly happy, so all of these i

walmart has joined and is working with us to reach farmers throughout sub-saharan africa.nilever and procter & gamble are providing packets of material that allow us to purify water in places like burma. they are donating those, but also helping us reach hard-to-reach communities where too many children die just because the water is impure and has micro organism's in it. these public-private partnerships, coupled with a real professional science and technology capacity, will allow usaid and u.s. development efforts around the world to have a darpa-like capability to create new technologies, deploy them on behalf of the world's poorest people, and allow young people who want to create entrepreneurial businesses, whether it is making and selling solar powered flashlights in parts of rural africa where there is no energy access, or commercializing the cpap positive airway pressure device, which they now do for $20 or $30 a device, we find a lot of young people are inspired by the opportunity to become inventors and entrepreneurs and use the business savvy and skill to solve t

with us so now walmart has joined the lab and is working with us to reach farmers throughout sub-saharan africa. unilever and proctor & gamble are -- proctor & gamble have provided packets that have allowed us to purify water in places like bermuda. they are also helping us reach the hard-to-reach communities where too many children die because the waters and here and still has microorganisms in it. these kinds of public by the partnerships coupled with a real professional science and technology capacity i think will allow usaid and u.s. development efforts around the world to have a darpa like capabilities to create new technologies, deploy them on they have the worlds poorest people and just as importantly allow young people in this country that want to create entrepreneurial businesses whether it's making and selling solar-powered flashlights in parts of rural africa where there is no energy access for commercializing this cpap positive airway pressure device which they now do for 20 or $30 a device that we are deploying throughout malawi. we found them malawian people are inspired to become

we work to create improved seeds in sub-saharan africa and east africa and can perform better in environments -- >> that comes under global climate change initiative? i thought that was in different pot of money? >> we do a lot of attribution here. so i think we've counted some of that work in the context of this but we can go through a full portfolio -- >> i have a real concern that your core mission has creeped over into one that might be better suited for a different agency. the other i would ask you, and i'm running out of time, but i'm very troubled with the amount of money we give to the palestinian authority and yet what that fungible money, they're paying $46 million additional to terrorists and applauding their efforts as heroes. the minister of prisons said that these terrorists are heroes. i have, you know, it is hard to justify when we go back home we're giving money and yet they're taking part of their money to support terrorists. i need, because of the omnibus said that the secretary of state needs to certify that incitement and those things are not happening. i need y'all to ad

sub-saharan african economy. that of course will mean that sub-saharan africa is not only attractive now because of its growth potential but also because of its size. >> good to see you. thanks very much. maybe there's a bit of the uk economy we haven't measured that we've forgotten about that we could rebase. >> hopefully. >> that quite be quite handy. >>> a policy overhaul, prime minister renzi implements a sweeping reform package. michelle caruso-cabrera exclusively spoke with the italian foreign minister about the reform package and what will contribute most to the country's growth. >> it's a combination of structural measures notably in the labor market and fiscal measures which cuts the tax wedge, gives more money to households and companies to invest and spend in consumption and ensure fiscal sustainability even more. debt will start going down next year. it's the combination of these measures that will boost girls in the short term and the medium term. >> there's been criticisms that there's a lack of clarity on where the spending cuts will come from. >> the spending cuts will be broad-based and permanent. this

i asked the full support for unp's operations from haiti to lebanon to sub-saharan africa. our country has a deep and abiding interest in restoring stability, mitigating conflict, and combating terrorism. multilateral peace operations allow people to do so in such countries as sedan, molly, as well as transitioning countries. since the president submitted his budget on march 4, open to a sharply deteriorating security , ban security environment ki-moon has recommended rapid appointment of the new u.n. mission. the central african public argue that a peacekeeping mission is in fact required because of the acute security needs and highlights the value of a peacekeeping response mechanism to be able to deal with contingencies arising outside of the regular budget cycle. at the same time the real world is presenting catastrophic humanitarian emergencies like this one to which it is in the u.n. national interest to respond. we are rigorously reviewing all missions and urging the u.n. to do so as well. when host governments have the capability and must find the will to manage the

performance in response to the crisis in ukraine, less point in the south china sea, and stability in sub-saharan africa, and the civil war in syria highlight the usefulness of into ration and collaboration. we have increased our workforces in our professional development programs as well as career broadening experiences. in terms of professional 27elopment, we consolidated offices into one academy, realizing a cost savings of $3 million. through our office of defense intelligence, we have enhanced training. of career broadening experiences, this past year, we -- 225 to 25 personnel personnel overseas and plan on using 320 more. anprepare the workforce for uncertain future, we have consolidated three of our military reserve offices and 1200 reserve the let under one component. this has seen an improvement in analytic production, a decrease in contract instructors, and an increase in the number of mandates we get. toare taking steps significantly improve our contracting business processes with a start small scale fast fail cheap strategy. this reduces risks, shortens delivery time, and mitigates the trap

walmart has joined and is working with us to reach farmers throughout sub-saharan africa. unilever and procter & gamble are providing packets of material that allow us to purify water in places like burma. they are donating those, but also helping us reach hard-to-reach communities where too many children die just because the water is impure and has micro organism's in it. these public-private partnerships, coupled with a real professional science and technology capacity, will allow usaid and u.s. development efforts around the world to have a darpa-like capability to create new technologies, deploy them on behalf of the world's poorest people, and allow young people who want to create entrepreneurial businesses, whether it is making and selling solar powered flashlights in parts of rural africa where there is no energy access, or commercializing the cpap positive airway pressure device, which they now do for $20 or $30 a device, we find a lot of young people are inspired by the opportunity to become inventors and entrepreneurs and use the business savvy and skill to solve

which will increase access to affordable electricity for hundreds of millions of people in sub-saharan africathis will help fuel greater economic growth and development across the come up -- continent. i have the electrify africa and the legislation that chairman lars and i often will bolster your efforts and exchange a life of the promising program to be in afghanistan and pakistan the u.s. has been billions of dollars on roads, agriculture, rule of law and capacity building. lp will focus on how usaid plants among the projects in afghanistan after the withdrawal of all u.s. combat troops of the end of 2014 and the continuing value of our aid to pakistan. the president recently signed a lot of bipartisan legislation to provide additional assistance with a focus on strengthening civil society, combating corruption, promoting energy efficiency and diversification and preparing the country for democratic elections. usaid will be a lead agency in implementing this assistance and i look forward to hearing your views on how best to manage these programs. the chairman and minor leading a trip to th

so the country that you mentioned or alluded to in sub-saharan africa and in the baltics, these are,his is a new chapter, shall we say, in what is been a chronic effort to criminalize sexual orientation. the death penalty is applied in seven countries on the basis of sexual orientation. two years ago, president obama issued a the first of a presidential directive on lgbt writes as international human rights. secretary clinton gave an incredibly powerful epic speech in geneva in human rights council where many countries were very startled to see the united states out there leading in this way and insisting that lgbt persons were entitled to the same rights as everyone else around the world, and are a central part of what it means to promote human rights. as part of the presidential directive, we look at assistance. we look at asylum claims on the basis of persecution, and now any of these countries people of course have a well found restitutionary gourmands going door-to-door with a list of lgbt persons in laces like nigeria. russia was the first recent country to put these laws on th

most people in sub-saharan africa don't own any books. but cell phones are increasingly widespread.report says that large numbers of people in such countries are now reading books ,nd stories on "rudimentary smallscreen devices." those are some of the latest headlines of c-span radio. [video clip] >> i remember on saturday, the first conversation i had with the people at the table, it was you are from, it was about ukraine, politics, our belief in education and religion. after that moment i was like -- this week is going to be intense. but it has been really cool to see the evolution of our friendships and bonds, just from talking about politics, our experiences, but we have learned, we have met. this is an experience i will never forget. >> i have always been cynical about it. always thinking i could never go that far in politics, that it is such a caustic environment. slowly through the week i have chipped away at that opinion, which has been so ingrained in my head. that maybe i do want to make a difference and run for something local and state local in my community. like preside

response to the recent crisis in ukraine flash points in the south china sea, instability in sub-saharan africaand the ongoing civil war in syria highlight the benefit of multifaceted integration and collaboration as well as a strong/up with a combat command jobs. third, over the past year we have increased our investments in our workforce professional development programs as well as career broadening experiences. in terms of professional development week consolidated 21 separate offices into one academy of defense intelligence, realizing an immediate cost savings of $3 million. additionally through our office of the defense intelligence we have reemphasized enhanced training for analytic work force to our new professional analyst career education program. in terms of career broadening experiences this past year we rotated 225 dia and combat command personnel overseas and plan on an additional 320 personnel for f y 15 further integrating defense intelligence enterprise. lastly to further prepare our work force for an uncertain future we have also consolidated three military reserves offices and