you build up reserves so you can be extremely profitable as an ngo. you just can't distribute the profited to shareholders. so there's nothing stopping through converting to a for-profit shareholder driven company at a later date. it's called in microfinance world transformation. this is the big holy grail. the lesser of the two holy grails. so, build up your institution with soft, nice donor money, convert it to a for-profit institution, at which point all the shares are then distributed to the mappingment and -- management and some of the people who provide some of the original seed capital. build it up even more, now it's for-property. then you're regulators. it's annoying to be regulated because the regulator might actually complain.your activities. so then you go to the stock market and that's when you make the big bucks. so it's a chain of events, a standard change of events. >> just have time for three people in line to use the microphone. >> good evening, mr. sinclair. for many years i have contributed through my annual work place campaign to

which is now an ngo.it's a nonprofit medical center in seattle that's named for a former member of the black panther party. and so one of the questions i get asked about this book is why didn't we know anything about the black panthers health activism? one of the curious things in the seattle case is who you have a clinic that is named for the former black panther. you walk into the clinic and there's a photograph of your. there's a plaque that says this clinic is working in the tradition of the black panther party, very much sort of valorize is and recognizes the contributions of the black panther party and the fight against medical discrimination, and the struggle to expand health care access. and so the clinic still exist today. it's a sliding scale community clinic that serves all sorts of people, and the city of seattle. another legacy, a more bittersweet legacy is the formation of the common ground health collective which exists now as an ngo in louisiana. in 2005, after hurricane katrina, in august

of operations because she was burnt in a drone strike she was actually left for dead and found by an ngo. and she's lost a whole family can even trace her family. i mean i was talking to a man who was telling me about his young brother who is nine years old who'd he'd been harmed in a drone strike and he said that his brother was seriously disturbed enough after this incident and part part of the deputy from the drone had actually hit their family home and now the little boy won't even go out and play he's free to go outside his own home and of course the effect on children could have repercussions through the generations i mean do you think that that actually destroy or create more terror. yes well i think without doubt they radicalize people i mean when i've spoken to victims. i mean they want they want justice but because they can't get justice because their voices aren't they become very angry they don't even understand why or why they're being targeted i mean most of these people don't know very much about america they're just getting on with their day to day lives and they have no

you are seeing world leaders sitting next to a person who started an ngo same level talking about committing to something. you could see those in power and disregarding those who were just starting. i see a lot of young people coming in with so much confidence and they want to talk about what they want to do and how you can be involved. >> tell me about your relation to cgi. >> we have to understand our responsibilities as global citizens. >> it is a fact. we have the lowest ice pack in arctic ocean ever. now they are saying maybe as early as 2020. we are about the only educated country oecd country that will argue that this isn't a human problem. we have to move it the right way. it is time for the united states to lead. we didn't lead. we should have lead. after kioto it is time now nor the united states to team with china and lead us forward out of where we are and into a new responsibility as global citizens. the united states doesn't have to battle to lead the world. you are already leading. you have leaders who are emerging out there. this is a globalized world. keep doing what you are

and i think it is in no small measure because he basicly started his life as an ngo. that is what he was pictured as, a community organizer. then he picked a secretary state who was a walking ngo. so i am very grateful that he made time to give us a speech here today. i am particularly appreciative of what he came here to speak about today. mr. president, the podium is yours, and thanks for coming in again. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. please be seated. to president clinton, thank you that somebody needs to make him secretary of explaining things. [laughter] although they did not use the word "things." [laughter] president clinton, you are a tireless, passionate advocate on behalf of what is best for our country. you have helped improve and save the lives of millions of people around the world. i am grateful for your friendship and your extraordinary leadership, and i think i speak for the entire country when we say that you continue to be a great treasure for all of us. as always, i have to thank president cli

i've vivan, it's heart wrenchin to see those conditions and not to see any evidence of an ngo or a world body. is anybody trying to respond to these people and open the doors and let them n? >> i talked to turn kikish offis and they said they can't allow all these rev you few gfugees i they don't have enough camps. they're building more, but as the spokesman told me, he said we can't build catmps fast enouh to match the pace of the violence of the syrian regime against its own people. he insisted the turks were providing some food and aid across the border to this very camp, but it's definitely not enough for those 5,000 plus people there that were not international aid agencies on the ground there. they didn't have blankets or normal tents and they're only the fraction of the displaced people we saw. in a nearby village, there were hundreds of families in schools and mosques as well and the fear is the number could surge to 700,000 in the next three months. those numbers will swell will dramatically. >> so does it at least force the turks and the other surrounding nations to start think

. >> i have an ngo that i set up as a commitment here. year i come and we try and get traction on what we're doing. >> last year when we were here we were at a session talking about technology and how we make sure technology reaches the poor. 300 million women across the world who could have access to mobiles are not getting it. and we're trying to reach 150 million of those women over the next three years. >> over the years more than 1900 commitments have been made, which the cgi says have improved the lives of 300 million people. >> one of the things i think the president has really focused on is not the what but the how. how do you actually make change happen? how do you get solutions on the ground? >> the global initiative wants attendees to empower people to help themselves whether they're providing eye care services to 20 million people in developing countries, building sustainable homes in hurricane ravaged new orleans, or bringing a billion gallons of clean water to tanzania. >> people are always feeling helpless in the face of th

al qaeda is nothing more than an interdependent ngo of a very pernicious kind. tavis: interdependence, we heard some of this at the rnc, and we have heard some of that at the democratic convention this week, but speak to me about this notion, this gospel of american exceptionalism that some americans are still preaching. >> tavis, that is such an important question. politicians have to do it. when president obama was elected, he had made a speech where he talked about america is part of the world, and he went to istanbul and cairo in his first year and talked about independence and the need to work together, and he was punished by the media and his own party, and the result is he talks mainly about america, we are number one, god bless america, and i do one god to bless america, but i want them to bless the whole world. the focus on the american exhibition where, first of all, every nation thinks it is exceptional. in switzerland, they talk about it, and in france, they talk about it that the french think similarly. and this does not mean that we are exceptional

felt like and walking around seattle i was -- i discovered the family medical center, which is now an ngois a nonprofit medical center in seattle that is named for the former member of the black panther party. and so, you know, one of the questions i get asked about the book is why didn't we know anything about the black panther activism, and one of the curious things in the seattle case is here you have a clinic that is named for the former black panther. if you look into the clinic and there is a photograph of her and there is a plaque that says this clinic is working in the tradition of the black panther party and the very much recognizes the contributions of the black panther party in the fight against medical this commission and the struggle to expand health care access. supply next exists today. it's a sliding scale clinic that results people and the city of seattle. another legacy a more bittersweet legacy is the formation of the common ground health collective which exists now as an ngo in louisiana. and in 2005, after the hurricane katrina on august of 2005, as you will recall, t

look at fortunate 500 company, you look at europe start-ups, you look at academics and labor union an ngohe ones that work are based on team work from the top down. they are part of a team. they work together. we have great trouble in our country now being a team. a high perform team. and i think that makes it more difficult for us to address the very serious problems with deeply controversial are political solutions. i think we can make them, doesn't take rocket scientist to know what we're doing. hopefully after the election, we will go back to a system teamwork. we did that in the second world war and the descrption. we have all day done that it has to be lead by a president who is the ceo much this teamwork. the team so to speak. there's no absolute parallel to a corporate environment but the president set the policy and agenda. it requires people to follow along and work together and i honestly do believe that these concepts that team work and the principles of social institutions are just as applicable to government as they are to the private sector it and the nonprofit sector. we h

and i think it is in no small measure because he basically started his life as an ngo.hat is what he was pictured a community organizer. then he picked a secretary state who was a walking ngo. 1 so i am very grateful that he made time to give us a speech here today. i am particularly appreciative of what he came here to speak about today. mr. president, the podium is yours, and thanks for coming in again. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. appreciate it. please be seated. everybody have a seat. good afternoon, everybody, and to president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. [laughter] afterwards, somebody tweeted that somebody needs to make him secretary of explaining things. [laughter] although they did not use the word things. [laughter] president clinton, you are a tireless, passionate advocate on behalf of what is best for our country. you have helped improve and save the lives of millions of people

and i think it is in no small measure because he basically started his life as an ngo. that is what he was pictured as, a community organizer. then he picked a secretary state who was a walking ngo. so i am very grateful that he made time to give us a speech here today. i am particularly appreciative of what he came here to speak about today. mr. president, the podium is yours, and thanks for coming in again. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. appreciate it. please be seated. everybody have a seat. good afternoon, everybody, and to president clinton, thank you for your very kind introduction, although i have to admit i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. [laughter] afterwards, somebody tweeted that somebody needs to make him secretary of explaining things. [laughter] although they did not use the word "things." [laughter] president clinton, you are a tireless, passionate advocate on behalf of what is best for our country. you have helped improve and save the lives of millions of p

like we got to go raise the moneto work for them, but if th is better than taking xps y nd on an ngo . president, recognizing that you're in a unique position to comment on current event, given that your wife is secretary of state, and you're a foer president, i would like to ask yoho a t helines pertaining to the middle east. the president has received criticism for his comments saying the words bump in the ad and paul iran even says his presidency is harkeningk 19 how would you say he is handling the problems we see percolating in the middle east? >> first of all, i think they have done pretty well in a vy chaotic situation. the arab frame would havum inhed oharou wt to call it. in libya situation the loss of our ambassador and the other americans, it's worth pointing out just a couple of things. first of all, most of the libyan people who are away of what is going on like the united states ey le th ft t w aggressively supported them in their desire to replace the gadhafi regime and decades of control and repression and move to a more democtic system. the president ofibya has asked

come here every year, and i think it is in no small measure because he basically started his life as an ngo. [applause] that is what he was. as a community organizer. and then he picked the secretary of state who was a walking ngo. [laughter] [applause] so i'm very grateful that he made time to join us here today to give a very important speech at the united nations earlier about all the things going on in the world and i am particularly appreciative of what he came here to speak about today so mr. president the podium is yours and thanks for coming, again. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. thank you, guys. thank you. appreciate it. everybody have a seat. well good afternoon everybody. and president clinton thank you for your very kind introduction of the last -- i must admit i really did like the speech a few weeks weeks ago a little bit better. [laughter] afterward somebody tweeted that, somebody needs to make him secretary of explaining things. [laughter] although they didn't use the word bank. [laughter] president clinton you are a ti

meeting highlights an explosion of interest by governments and ngo's in girls and women's empowerment and well-being. so patricia is the international community finally taking women's empowerment seriously? >> absolutely i think so with the leadership of secretary clinton and leaders by the former president of chilean president, michelle bachelet, i'm confident they will start making a difference. >> i think we have come a long way having susan rice as our ambassador and hillary clinton but we have a long way to go but this is a good start. >> the investments are being made and we are working toward it is but there is a big gap. a gender lens has to be applied to every program not just women-specific initiatives. >> the international community maybe attention that could trickle down but will matter is what happens in communities on the ground. >> exactly you've worked on government u.s.a. id contracts what is going to happen? there are all the commitments let's go to equality, equal inheritance laws, equal rights. help in war zones. to stop crimes against women. which i think is a dif

or a voice in russian and among the multitude of things that the organization the ngo is doing it's also been acting as an observer during the elections and has gotten itself in hot water with the various state duma deputies who are questioning its motives and its operations now both usaid and the ngo called polish it will be affected by a law which has come into effect in russia this so-called foreign agents laws pacifically states that a new organization which is actively participating in the political life in russia should be subject to thorough investigation when it is being sponsored to a with a money from abroad now a law like this exists in a lot of other countries in europe for example or in the united states now of course this means that to bolus will have to probably sees its operations in the country as it already has stated officially due to the fact that it will not be able to operate it is reported that its list gets around three million dollars from usaid annually of course minister of foreign affairs has also said that they are ready yet as prepared to cooperate with the usa this law in hu

al qaeda is nothing more than an interdependent ngo of a very pernicious kind. tavis: interdependence, we heard some of this at the rnc, and we have heard some of that at the democratic convention this week, but speak to me about this notion, this gospel of american exceptionalism that some americans are still preaching. >> tavis, that is such an important question. politicians have to do it. when president obama was elected, he had made a speech where he talked about america is part of the world, and he went to istanbul and cairo in his first year and talked about independence and the need to work together, and he was punished by the media and his own party, and the result is he talks mainly about america, we are number one, god bless america, and i do one god to bless america, but i want them to bless the whole world. the focus on the american exhibition where, first of all, every nation thinks it is exceptional. in switzerland, they talk about it, and in france, they talk about it that the french think similarly. and this does not mean that we are exceptional

that's the idea being promoted by a small ngo which is using waste material -- including tires -- in an unusual recycling project. in the small town of san juan comalapa n guatemala volunteers are making buildings with materials most of us would leave exactly where they come from -- the rubbish dump. >> they're in the right place here. the hillside is covered with old tires. all this non-biodegradable waste has been left by the side of the road on illegal rubbish dumps. they collect all the old tires they can find -- either at the tire dealers or here. >> we are collecting tires to build a school. we are building a school using sustainable methods. so we are using tires, trash, plastic bottles filled with trash and we are getting rid of something which is contaminating our environment. >> building with trash? how does that work? initially, the people of san juan comalapa thought the american project was crazy. but that's all changed. the results are evident. long way home has built its first school building -- made entirely of trash. the team collected more than 25,000 plastic bottles,

or voice in russian and among the multitude of things that the organization the ngo is doing it's also been acting as an observer during the elections and has gotten itself in hot water with the various state duma deputies who were questioning its motives and its operations now usaid has come under fire from the ministry of foreign affairs for it. for what they bred. a. basically meddling in russia's internal political affairs is now both usaid and gold a small under the jurisdiction of a new a law which has been passed in august of this year the so-called foreign agents law which means that all are going to zation which take on or play a vital part or at a rather play an active role in russia's political life should come under very strict financial scrutiny or investigation if you will for its operations and of course n.g.o.s colas has already said that they will have to probably they are operation in russia because their funding will be cut almost down to zero now again the minister of foreign affairs has said that they are ready to continue with their cooperation with you if u.s. aid in the humanitar

he said independent ngos are among the central building blocks of healthy democracies. >>> thailand is facing an increase in violent street brawls between rival vocational schools, and now the government is taking steps to students from going down that path with the help of the country's most powerful institution. nhk world reports. >> reporter: at this army camp some 150 kilometers west of the thai capital bangkok, around 140 students from vocational schools are being drilled in military fashion. order and discipline are what the military has been teaching these students in a bid to help solve the problem of street brawls. average students from nearly 30 vocational schools across the country have joined the so-called vocational gentlemen project. street fights have long been common, but statistics show the number is on the rise. in the past few months alone, at least three bystanders have been kill killed. educators couldn't find an easy solution and called in the army for help. >> translator: teenagers nowadays employ deadly weapons that hurt members of the public. we are not able to instill o

ngo would have the security to sustain a presence there. it is a state of frozen conflict. >> this what you're talking about was imported from an nog from the united states. -- ngo from the united states. >> a more general point, i think if you look at public opinion polls, what you see is a discrepancy between the attitude people have toward the united states and the attitude against it as policy. there is no indication that outreach really buys an understanding or an acceptance of u.s. policy. they seemed to travel in different directions. they show these a totally different attitudes on the cultural level on the political level. let's get some more questions. 1, 2, and 3 back there. >> michael from the department of energy. i am curious as to your perspective about how likely it is the tensions you describe are likely to affect oil production in the near term, whether it is through outright destruction -- destruction or deterring foreign investment. thank you. >> the gentleman with the blue shirt. sorry about that. i did not see the person in the back. >> my question is more directed to mr. frederic. seeing similar dynamics in the yemen

you are seeing world leaders sitting next to an entrepreneurial, young entrepreneur, person who just start and ngobout committing to something. that is what makes cgi special. you wouldn't see that in other platforms. you would see those in power sitting with those in power and disregarding those who are just starting and could be the next leaders of their own kauz cause. i see a lot of young people coming in with so much confidence and they want to talk about what they want to do and how you can be involved. >> your area, energy oil, talk to me about that and your relationship with cgi about that. >> we have to understand our responsibilities as global citizens. global warming, climate change it is a fact. we had the lowest ice pack at the end of the season in the arctic ocean ever. now they are maybe saying ice free in as early as 202. we have a responsibility. in the united states we are about the only educated country or oecd country that will argue that this isn't primarily a human problem. somehow, we have to take this take this political system and move it the right way. it's time for the u

is it is relatively low comparison to what we've seen in the past lot of ngo phones or our freedom is that they will see this as an attack from the englishman on the french which you know certainly is the case you can take the actions of one person and spread it on the thousands and thousands of people there's a certain fear that there will be more more anglo hatred in the province. that was michael boyer a journalist with a straw on radio. next and final stop of the biggest object in the asteroid belt after spending a year gazing at a giant asteroid nasa is done spacecraft began cruising today toward an even bigger target the don successfully pulled away from the asteroid vesta and is now headed to the door of planet ceres the voyage will take nearly three years the down fired is propulsion thrusters last night and fried itself from vestas gravitational hold since its antenna it was pointed away from the earth during the maneuver nasa did not get to not get confirmation until today launched in two thousand and seven don is on track to become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with two celestial bodies scientists

ngos and private industry will be. and it's what you were talking about earlier, this idea that these are not an tag nis stick forces. they can be counterveiling forces but they must at some level be symbiotic. they must work together. >> let me give you an example of the places in america that are doing well. anybody here from san diego? san diego is... there you go. one of our great naval cities, and it still is. but it is also the center of human genome research in america. private sector, craig vinner was in a race in affect with the international government con sorecious with the sequencing genome in 20 thousand. started with a bipartisan commitment to federal research at the end of president bush's term and i put $3 billion of your money in it. >> jon: mine... . >> and it's already, i was at st. jude's children's hospital in memphis just about three weeks ago looking at children whose lives have been saved because we now can see how their difference, genetic difference require different medicine to cure the same kind of cancer it was unbelievable. okay. so you have got his foundation, and then you've got the un

ngos. and so i think in the way i could be dismissed as an old colonial trying to interfere. i could speak frankly to them. most of the tunnel listen. the. >> host: have you ever had a frank conversations with secretary general's? >> guest: i met him on many occasions and. we talked about african politics . we talked about the fight against hiv aids. get the people to use condoms. zimbabwe really was hit by the epidemic. and he was trained to read and to reassure him i said, i think you should think about it. the secretary-general comes to condoms, the pope but neither one. would not budge on it. it was not the only one. another head of state who might try to encourage speak out. as a consequence of silence on the issue. and yet it was a situation where silence meant death. we should speak up to educate, and encourage them to speak about contraception and increase the programs. i'm the father of the nation. get enough to out and speak to my people of contraception. speak to them and the kurds and to be promiscuous. >> host: all the more broadly of our global statement. to tur

ngos and private industry will be. and it's what you were talking about earlier, this idea that these are not an tag nis stick forces.ounterveiling forces but they must at some level be symbiotic. they must work together. >> let me give you an example of the places in america that are doing well. anybody here from san diego? san diego is... there you go. one of our great naval cities, and it still is. but it is also the center of human genome research in america. private sector, craig vinner was in a race in affect with the international gover

ngos on the continent. so i think in that way, it could be dismissed as an old colonialist is trying to interfere. selected speak frankly to them and most of the time it would do go well with. >> host: did you ever have frank conversations with the secretary general? >> guest: yes, i met him on many occasions. we talked about health issues. we talked about the fight against hiv and aids and i remember trying to encourage him to get the people to use condoms zimbabwe was really hit by the epidemic and he was quite religious and trained to reassure him. i told him i think you should think about it. and he said when it comes to condoms, i won't budge. he wasn't the only one. there was another head of state who i tried to encourage to speak up. speak up on hiv and aids. it was a constant issue of silence on the issue. yet it was a situation where silence meant death. we should speak out and educate and encourage them to be speaking about contraception and increase their programs. he said i am the father of the nation and i cannot go out to speak to my people and encourage them to be promiscuous. >> ho

ngo. and so i'm vyratelte made time to join us here today. he gave anh at the united nations earlier about all the things that are going on in the world and i am particularly appreciative of what he came here to speak about today, so mr. president, the dium is yours ananks for migain >>. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thk you, twice. twice. thank you. appreciate it. please, everybody have a seat. well, good afternoon, everybody. and president clinton, thank you for your very kd introduction, althghavad i really did like the speech a few weeks ago a little bit better. afterwards, somebody tweeted that -- somebody needs to make ings.ecretary of explaining although they didn't use the word things. prident clinton, you are a tireless, passionate advocate on behalf of what's best in our country. you have helped to improve and save the lives of millions of people around the world. i am grateful for your friendship and yr extraordinaryleship inkak f t entire country when we say that you continue to be a