malawi is such a country.try far from the interference of groups like boko haram. malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. the life expectancy is 55 years. 10% of the 16 million people in malawi live with hiv/aids. the biggest problems all come from poverty. the per capita income in malawi is $270 a year. the government's most basic problem then is simply you can not tax poverty. so the government simply duntz have enough revenue and enough revenue sources to even provide the basic services that people have come to expect of governments around the world. there is free public school system, but only for elementary school. the government can't afford to provide free public high school. and so families have to pay a small tuition for public high school, and for those few families who can afford that tuition, even fewer of them can afford to send more than one of their children. and so the child they send to high school is more likely to be a boy. which is why the boys high school graduation rate in ma

malawi is such a country.e country far from the interference of groups like boko haram. malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. the life expectancy is 55 years. 10% of the 16 million people in malawi live with hiv/aids. the biggest problems all come from poverty. the per capita income in malawi is $270 a year. the government's most basic problem then is simply you can not tax poverty. so the government simply duntz have enough revenue and enough revenue sources to even provide the basic services that people have come to expect of governments around the world. there is free public school system, but only for elementary school. the government can't afford to provide free public high school. and so families have to pay a small tuition for public high school, and for those few families who can afford that tuition, even fewer of them can afford to send more than one of their children. and so the child they send to high school is more likely to be a boy. which is why the boys high school graduation rate

we have doubled the number of kids with desks in their classrooms in malawi, but most kids in malawi their classrooms. and only 7% of girls complete high school in malawi. 7%. it will take us more than a generation, much more to get the high school graduation rate up to where it should be in malawi. education is a long-term cause and a long-term investment. people have been making contributions to harvard university for 379 years because the need never stops. and now they're giving more than ever because costs always increased and that need never stops. remember, you can always contribute every day of the year at lastworddesks.msnbc.i don't mean. we got many positive comments and a surge of contributions this week, thanks to dr. muteti who said he lived it when he was in kenya walking five miles to his primary school. he now has a doctorate in education and is a dean of a high school here in southern california and supports the k.i.n.d. fund because he lived it. maybe 20 years from now we'll get a tweet or whatever we're doing on the internet then from one of those barefoot girls in

malawi, to put it simply, has a food problem. there isn't always enough of it, and there are rarely enough nutrients in what there is. children get hit hardest here. last year, more than 50% suffered from stunted growth. but in 1996, a nutritionist named andre briend decided to take on severe malnutrition everywhere with one idea. if there's no cheap nutritious superfood out there, why not invent one? he did, and today his formula is used around the world. see what happens in this film when briend's superfood is put to work in malawi. narrator: malnutrition. every year, malnutrition kills twice as many children as aids, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. yet there is hope. an inexpensive, revolutionary therapy is saving children's lives right now. since 2004, project peanut butter has been treating children in malawi, a country with one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. [speaking foreign language] narrator: as a faculty member at washington university medical school, dr. manary founded project peanut butter to brin

"living proof" has this success story from malawi. man: my name is laitom chawinga and i have six grandchildren. i was born at home in 1948. in previous days, pregnant mothers were using unsafe methods. some would have their babies in grass huts. after giving birth, they would leave babies on the ground in the cold. we didn't know better. we had a lot of deaths. one day, hospital workers asked us to be a part of the agogo program. we go to their house. we talk to both the man and the woman. we show them pictures and tell them what can happen if they give birth at home, that the mother of the baby can fall sick or die. deaths have decreased, diseases have decreased, and life has improved. i am very happy because if the student fails, you are not a good teacher. i see fruits of what i teach, and i'm proud that i am a good teacher. narrator: access to healthcare isn't the whole story, of course. helping women must include an investment in education. in rural bangladesh, communities are learning the real value of empowering women. this fi

fund to provide desks to students in malawi.uld like to contribute, go to the last word desks.msnbc.com. and if you're not cybersavvy or connected at the moment, you can call 1-800-4-unicef. jay lee tweeted, i was a teacher in malawi. don't forget that through k.i.n.d. you can donate so girls get help to go to school. i did. thanks. in malawi only 7% of girls finish high school. that's half the rate of boys who have graduate high school. i'll introduce you to some of the girls that stay in school in malawi thanks to your do nations. if you can't afford to give us anything right now, you can still help by tweeting or posting a link on your facebook page. judy frazier wrote, the k.i.n.d. fund is amazing. just bought a testing and tuition for a year. >> pat o'brien tweeted, my favorite new holiday charity, k.i.n.d. fund, making desks for kids who need them. thank you, msnbc. thank you, pat o'brien. really appreciate it, pat. and thanks to all of you who donated today on giving tuesday. (exec 1) well, directv beat us in customer sat

i talked about how i measured the wealth in the places i go to in malawi. shoes.on't have shoe pchs shoes are the big indicator there, not iphones. none of the kids have phones. and many of them have never seen phones. rich is relative, right? there are a lot of people who are a lot richer than donald trump, like big gates and warren buffett. we're all a bit richer than someone. if you want to see how much richer you are than people in malawi, just look down at your shoes. or your kids' shoes or anything else that you take for granted. including food. >> i didn't mention why i was in malawi, which was to deliver testings like this one for kich k.i.n.d., kids in need for desks to provide desks if for kids who never had desks. i didn't say how you could contribute by going to lastword.msnbc.com. did you get that? but i got a handwritten letter at home saying lawrence, your comments on africa and shoes just killed me. and enclosed in this envelope was a check. it's signed, but it wasn't made out to anyone. it was from my friend the legendary new york columnist liz sm

we have double the number of kids in malawi who sit in desks at school but still most kids in malawis. it will take years and years for us to get desks for all of them. most girls in malawi still cannot afford to go to high school. it might take us a generation or more to fund high school tuition for every girl who wants to go to high school in malawi where public high schools are not free and where the girls' graduation rate is half the boys' graduation rate. a tweet that meant a lot to me came from akilas. he said, "i admire the work you have done with the k.i.n.d. fund. i have witnessed classes with no desks and dusty. i will donate. #livedit." he really did live it. he grew up in village where he had to walk five miles with no shoes to the nearest elementary school. he couldn't afford to go to high school but was lucky enough to get a scholarship like one of our k.i.n.d. scholarships. it wasn't from k.i.n.d. but he got a scholarship. he got his first pair of shoes in the ninth grade and thanks to that scholarship that got him through high school where he excelled academically, he

but in most parts of malawi you would be lucky if this ambulance showed up to get you.on't even have an ambulance like this. but more of them do now. thanks to the kind fund, kids in need of desks, the program that we created here on this program in partnership with unicef five years ago to build these desks in malawi and to deliver them in schools that don't have any desks. the kind fund did not pay for that ambulance. i don't want you to think that. but this ambulance is made in one of our factories in malawi that make desks for the kind fund, such is the cinergy of the marketplace because that factory has a large order from the kind fund to make thousands of desks, that factory has ordered large amounts of supplies of steel and wood. that factory is now in an active supply chain that makes it ready to produce other products, to expand its business, to hire more workers. building desks is still the primary business of that factory but they are now also capable of filling smaller orders from time to time for ambulances like this one we showed you and hospital beds made

see what happens in india, malawi, or anywhere else when you take a good idea and run with it.: "viewchange" is about people making real progress in tackling the world's toughest issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange," one good idea. narrator: global poverty. it's one of those huge, diffuse problems that makes most people understandably just sigh and shrug. you've heard the stats: 2.5 billion people living on less than $2.00 a day

i started kids in need of desks five years ago to build desks in malawi with workers in malawi to delivers where students have never seen desked. we added a component to attend high school where public high school is not free and the girl's graduation rate is half the boy's graduation rate. i told you last night about a man after i discovered hi tweet aefr the christmas weekend. his tweet said lawrence, i admire the work you've done with the k.i.n.d. fund. i have witnessed classes with no desks and dusty. i will donate. #livedit. i clicked on his twitter handle to learn more about him. then we got him on the phone yesterday and learned more about him. he grew up in kenya walking five mimes a day to his primary school and he did that barefoot. those of you who have listened to me talk about the african villages that i discovered won't be surprised to discover he got his first pair of shoes in the ninth grade. kathy schnell tweeted, this inspires me. we are a global family. he #livedit. donating to the k.i.n.d. fund. i want to correct something. you corrected for us immediately after the sh

in the malawi's families that can afford to pay for one student to go to high school it is usually oneschool which is why we're making an extra effort to support girls, where the high school graduation rate for girls is half of that of boys. even with the scholarships that you provide for mary and many other girls in malawi, it's a very, very hard road, beginning in mary's case, every day with the one-hour walk to school at 5:30 a.m. after the one-hour walk home mary has very little time to get her homework done because she has no electricity in her home. mary is as optimistic and determined a student as i have ever met anywhere. she told me she wants to be a lawyer. here's why. >> aisha also in high school told me about the day in seventh grade when she decided she wanted to be a nurse. >> futouma told me she wants to >> futouma told me she wants to be a doctor. she told me she knows how hard it will be for her to make it all of the way to medical school and through medical school and become a doctor. >> i will do my best to make it. that's the kind of determined confidence i find in

the desks are made in malawi by factory workers who would probably be unemployed without the k.i.n.d.d and although we've delivered hundreds of thousands of desks we have long way to go before all the kids in malawi will be sitting at desks. i just love who someone who has me pegged as a smug socialist supports the k.i.n.d. fund. what we're doing in malawi schools including funding to help girls stay in school transcends politics. you can go to thelastworlddesk.msnbc.com and contribute to anyone on your christmas list and unicef will send them an acknowledgement of your gift. thank you very much. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... this is brad. hey brad, wanna trade the all day relief of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. >>> president obama went to the pe

i wish you could come to malawi to see their kindness in action.ed to see one, when that desk arrives, it is always like christmas morning. and in this season of give, i thank every one of you once again for going to last word desks.msnbc.com and helping to improve the classroom experience for these students. finishing high school in malawi is more difficult and rare than finishing college in the united states. but your help has made it just a little bit easier for thousands and thousands of students. when i was there last month, they all wanted to say thank you. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. super poligrip is part of my life now. the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence. ho, ho, hello... can you help santa w

i wish you could come to malawi to see their kindness in action.r expected to see one, when that desk arrives, it is always like christmas morning. and in this season of give, i thank every one of you once again for going to last word desks.msnbc.com and helping to improve the classroom experience for these students. finishing high school in malawi is more difficult and rare than finishing college in the united states. but your help has made it just a little bit easier for thousands and thousands of students. when i was there last month, they all wanted to say thank you. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not tak

fund also provides scholarships for girls to complete their high school education in malawi.n giving tuesday, you gave $132,296 to the k.i.n.d. fund. and that outpouring of generosity pushed the k.i.n.d. fund across a very impressive threshold. the $9 million frethreshold. since we first announced the k.i.n.d. fund, you have now contributed $9,131,755. you can donate desks and girls scholarships as gifts to people on your christmas lists. they will receive an acknowledgment of your gift from unicef. you can contribute at the last word desks.msnbc.com. there are simply no words to express how much we appreciate your support. thank you. and now tonight's "last word." a story of survival. patrick bacari is one of the lucky survivors of the massacre at the inland regional center. he remembers seeing syed farook at the christmas party he was attending with his co-workers. >> he sat at the very end of the table that i was at. and that's toward the back of the room. somebody asked where's syed? well, i didn't realize he wasn't there at the moment. about the next recess they gave us,

as opposed malawi as a society think talking is an example in a lot of what you map out to discuss whether parents or an employee or company. >> our critical is organized labor? >> when i wrote this piece in "the new york times" it is a much larger set of issues and how they wrote didn't about organized labor but absolutely. for the care givers alliance but to value care very similar it the infrastructure. but the users are going to be much more flexible work. the deal about your career like an athlete you can do that over multiple phases of your life. you are probably working part-time. so the question that i wrestle with is what bounden -- what about the space demand economy? but in a much more than make area. been in has to be some form of affordable benefit it and we have made a huge step we have a of a long way to go in terms of your retirement benefits for employment compensation if you are in the interview the bin is tied to a particular workplace but i just read on shared security and provides a lot of these benefits. you could do it state by state or city by city and i'll lay out

the desks are made in malawi by factory workers who would probably be unemployed without the k.i.n.d.gh we've delivered hundreds of thousands of desks we have long way to go before all the kids in mall lou we will be sitting at desks. i just love who someone who has me pegged as a smug socialist supports the k.i.n.d. fund. what we're doing in malawi schools including funding to help girls stay in school transcends politics. you can go to thelastworlddesk.msnbcsome and contribute to anyone on your christmas list and unicef will send them an acknowledgement of your gift. thank you very much. when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. therthat can be serious,ere. even fatal to infants. it's whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about a whooping cough vaccination today. >>> preside

you came back from malawi bringing debts to schools in need. >> kids in need of desks. you can learn about it at last word. we raised over $9 million. we bring desks with kids and teacher who is have never seen desks. the teacher said and i asked him, every one said desks and chairs. we need to have a more serious educational environment. that's what we are doing. we have scholarships for girls. it means a lower graduation rate. and that's all part of the michelle obama malawi idea about trying to support girls's education. >> great work. appreciate it this morning. lawrence o'donnell that you can see on msnbc.com. >> let's turn to the other big story we are following. the extreme weather. not feeling a lot like christmas here in the east where temperatures in some cities may be as much as 30 degrees above normal. we have more on the record heat and possible severe weather in the plains. >> not only are we talking about the heat, but looking at dew points around 60 to 70. moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico so that sets more of a spring or fall-like set up in

we have three factories going now in malawi. >> so they're making the desks right there?istmas morning. so it's really fun. we've added a girl's education program. public high school in malawi, there's a small tuition fee which most families cannot afford. so we have very low attendance and graduation rates for girls in particular. so we are supplementing, we're funding a bunch of scholarships for girls. part of the fund has raised almost $2 million for funding for girls going to school. >> are families more likely to send their boys to school than the girls? >> yes, it happens around the world. frequently there's six or seven kids, and they have to pick exactly one who they can finance through high school. and the likelihood is, they're going to pick the boy. >> so you've gone ahead and helped the girls to get that same education. how do people help if they want to join the effort? >> you go to the last word's desk at msnbc.com. you'll find more reports about it. you can give a gift in the name of someone on your christmas list. maybe someone who has everything. you can

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say that he traveled malawi's and said the been in more than one terror suspect on the fbi raid are, communicating on the fund and to social media. other recent the motive may been more than a workplace the spirit of. all the explosives and ammunition found at the suspect's home 12 pipe bombs and 12,000 rounds for hendrick guns. 1600 on news round in this to be of the suspects. and it it could've been much worse. he left a holiday party after an argument yesterday returned with his wife both when tackled the year started sprang the room with it with a bullet 5575 kron 418 people died 21 people injured. this was not a spur of the moment fit of rage. degree"of planning that went in this. no one puts tether the celebrity plan with so much equipment." "the fact of a bleeding." >> grant: patrick there is shared cubical work with him for three years drawing fans when the shooting started hit by pieces of dry wall and sellable holes all over the bathroom wall two suspects killed yesterday afternoon in a gunbattle ec s u b riddled with bullets we go to a live picture from southern california

you can also contribute to our girls tuition program to help keep girls in high school in malawi whererl's graduation rate is half that of boys, mostly because tuition is a problem for high schools. they don't have free high schools there. and when a family is face with the painful economic decision of who to send to high school they will most likely choose one of the boys in the family instead of a girl. you can contribute a desk or a girl's scholarship in the name of anyone on your gift list and unicef will send them ack-ack knowledgement of your gift. and here is my all-time favorite tweet of the weekend. these cute kids sold baked goods to pay for four desks. eight kids going to the k.i.n.d. fund. proud. thanks, lawrence, for the inspiration. joining us now those kids, preston lucy and connor grossman who raised money for the k.i.n.d. fund this weekend. so i saw that tweet. and preston, you guys were close by here in tuluca lake. why did you decide to do it? >> well, the thought was originally my idea, well, it was originally both of our ideas, sorry. and i just -- well, we just th

you on the kind fund kids in need of desks, you contributed $103,346 to continue building desks in malawifrican schools that don't have any desks and providing scholarships for girls to complete high school there. you can help by going to lastworddesks.msnbc.com and buying a desk or a scholarship in the name of anyone on your christmas gift list and unicef will send them an acknowledgement of the gift you made in their names. i was there last month. i saw the gratitude for what you're doing on the face of every kid sitting at the desks that you have provided. and every high schoolgirl i met who is on a kind fund scholartial went out of her way to tell me how grateful she is for the chance to finish high school. >> for me, i thank those people who provided this for us. my parents cannot manage to do all these things for me. this is brad. his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... hey brad, wanna trade the all day relief of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve.

ovarian lottery, you could be born in bangladesh, you could be born in yemen, you could be born in malawi, could be born to parents that are divorced or criminals or handicapped with challenges of providing a living. you could have all sorts of scenarios that could develop but you were born, in my case, you know, white, male, in the united states. and that gave you every opportunity to excel in life that you could ever ask for. and hopefully, you know he, those demographics are changing over time but when i came into this world that was the best situation you could probably find yourself in in the world. so i think, you know, we knew that. we appreciated that. and my parents had high expectations that we would go out in the world and do some things that are productive and positive. so i think the big driver was, how i grew up and what my parents expected of me. >> what was it about food insecurity and about the african continent that attracted? >> well, when we finally got some real money to spend, you know, i was just immediately attracted to trying to figure out where the most impoveris