here in this ngo, there are 23 staff members.unko ito, the east timor director, says working with coffee farmers has given her insight into the position of women in this society. >> the ngo is attempting to support the development of products based on readily available local materials which can be sold to generate cash. providing the women with a direct source of income is seen as a means to improve their status and rise above poverty. the projects that began in 2008 now involve 21 women's groups and more than 20 products have been commercialized. >> the village of suai loro lies southwest of dili. the roofs of local houses are made from coconut palm fronds. the village is home to 3,700 people. most are fishermen or farmers, producing just enough to feed themselves and their families. local housewives from their 20s to their 60s are meeting in the village hall. they began developing products a month ago. they are making a topping for rice. the main ingredients are fish from the nearby sea and moringa leaves harvested from local f

today brac, as it's known, is the largest ngo in the world, and it runs schools too. because after all, they provide opportunities to break the cycle of poverty. >> [speaking foreign language] >> very good, thank you! >> education is the key because it leads to the development of a child and then he can think from -- four!!r himself, and he canom more entrepreneurial, he can look for opportunities. so education is the key to development, growth and prospects and opportunities for every children. >> my personal vision is to get all bangladeshis out of poverty. we are trying to extricate people from poverty from different angles, not just improving income and employment but also improving their opportunities so that they have access to education, access to health care and access to a more dignified life that is want we want. >> fazle hasan abed is a visionary. his development agency brac is based in the capital dhaka. he studied and worked abroad, but moved back to bangladesh in 1971 to find a country left in ruins by natural disaster and the struggle for independence f

man bahadur with local ngos has freed more than 12,000 kamlaris. but once rescued, not all of the girls can return home. for some, their families can't afford to take them back, or provide them with an education. others have lost their parents. chettri worked has helped build hostels for the girls around the terai. this one is called lawajuni, meaning a new life. girls like 9 year old sushila chaudhary tell me stories of hardship both as a kamlari and at home >> i was always told to eat the leftovers. whatever was left on in the plate was passed on to me. i was forced to eat it. i told my mother i didn't want to stay working as a kamlari but she was drunk. i told mum not to drink.... my sister and i were kamlaris >> some girls are left broken by their experiences, some find new strength. but here at least, they have a safe place to call home. back in kathmandu there are still 100s of kamlaris locked away behind high walls - invisible and isolated but also out of sight, we find manjita and a group of other former kamlaris and ngo workers, working to

civils the role of leadership and ngo's in west africa? >> well, ngo's are absolutely fundamental in those countries, and there are a lot of cases where those countries have not been able to invest in some of these cases because of civil war. a lot of the ngo's, including some of the catholic related ones, philanthropist that have been coming in and funding groups there, a lot of the capacity that exists, from those ngo's. now, over time, we would like to ngo's.the reliance on if you look at ethiopia and uganda, they got the ngo's, and they have got one supply chain measurement, one system, so, in there,go's are still that it is all part of one system. the hospitals, the primary care systems, they were mostly ngo related, and as we stitch it back together, you do want to but an overall system, anyone who gives to those ngo's, they should feel great about the capability that that absolutely put in place. even in nigeria, where we do see good health care. it is often the model of the ngo that allows them to work as well as it does. >> figuri

>> because they are called ngo's. using this jargon -- >> that's what the jargon that is being used -- >> we don't need that. >> china has promised a hong kong universal suffrage. that's part of the deal. i thought what secretary kerry said was right. the onion, which is the newspaper, it headline was obama to hong kong, another issue we're not going to pay attention to. and the president is really not gotten involved in this and blaming internal unrest on outside agitators has a long history. it goes back to the civil rights episodes in the south here. >> beijing uses power to break up the protesters. what should president obama do? >> he's not going to do anything in the way of using force or anything like that. that's outside of the boundary. >> hit him in the pocketbook? >> in one form or another. there will be a major opportunity to use that as a platform in which to go after the chinese for the kind of state they have developed. >> could jack lieu declare china to be a currency manipulator? >> i don't think that

civils the role of leadership and ngo's in west africa? >> well, ngo's are absolutely fundamental in those countries, and there are a lot of cases where those countries have not been able to invest in some of these cases because of civil war. a lot of the ngo's, including some of the catholic related ones, philanthropist that have been coming in and funding groups there, a lot of the capacity that exists, from those ngo's. now, over time, we would like to ngo's.the reliance on if you look at ethiopia and uganda, they got the ngo's, and they have got one supply chain measurement, one system, so, in there,go's are still that it is all part of one system. the hospitals, the primary care systems, they were mostly ngo related, and as we stitch it back together, you do want to but an overall system, anyone who gives to those ngo's, they should feel great about the capability that that absolutely put in place. even in nigeria, where we do see good health care. it is often the model of the ngo that allows them to work as well as it does. >> figuri

all ngos can do is show the way. where have you seen excellent transmission from ngos showing the way and governments picking up this scale at a rapid pace? >> i will give you an example and i will talk generally. in ethiopia they have always had a problem with pricing. they could never figure out what they were going to get for their product and part of it was a marketing problem. with the efforts of usaid and led by others, they created an exchange. and now there is a mechanism where farmers can, using their cell phones and they're smart devices can access more current information on prices and the data remarkable effect on income levels. and i think that they are our efforts by the bush administration, which were dramatic. it's funny that a lot of people don't talk about it. in my political circle george bush tends to get the same kind of negative publicity that barack obama gets from the tea party and the right wing. but the bush efforts on health were truly transformational. those had an impact on economic devel

when he first went to liberia to work for the ngo. he graduated from london school of economics and went to work for an ngo. i'm proud of him and at the same time i would prefer he went somewhere safer, as a parent. >> what did he do at the ngo? >> writing and field work looking at the relationship between the liberian people and big industry. >> and the conditions of the workers and the mines. >> has he expressed regrets or second thaws now or has he realized i knew what i was getting into. >> both. he said i'm sorry i put this in this situation for you guys. he is more concerned about what it would do to us. i think of course he is probably of two minds. he has regrets and at the same time he still is proud of what he is doing and i'm sure he will go back to doing things just like this. >>>. >> have you talked to the doctor and has he reached out to your family? >> we have not spoken to him. >> your son's face is passionate about the people in liberia and getting them help. is he just a big hearted person wanting to make a differenc

government ministers and officials, with civil society, actors -- civil society actors, women's groups, ngos, the country ce teams and diplomatic community. i had the opportunity to visit two ebola treatment centers, one holding center for patients as well as the who training center. my first impressions have were vivid and deeply worrying. we saw how brief, tired and immensely dedicated national and international health workers are carrying on, under he knew tremely difficult circumstances. over 230 of these health workers have died in plybiera alone. we saw people and resources stretch stretched to the limit with more being done with less they can be considered acceptable. we saw families leaving for lost ones but also fearing for their own health. we saw a patient being turned away for lack of beds as the facility. we saw a woman lying dead in a street inattended. the human response is to care, to empathize, to pay respect to the departed. with ebola, this type of response can be fatal. to defeat the virus, we will have to change behavior. excellence ceases, the consequences of this disea

the paris-based ngo reporters without borders has also criticized the south korean government. the newspaper's president tatsamisu kumasaka is demanding the indictment be removed immediately. he says the action is a grave and clear violation of freedom of speech that's guaranteed by the constitution of south korea as well as japan and other democratic nations. he says the bureau chief wrote a commentary on the president without having any intention to defame her. japanese officials say they will convey their concerns to their south korean counterparts. >> translator: the indictment will affect freedom of the press and japan/south korea relations. it is quite regrettable, and i'm concerned about it. >> kishida says his government asked seoul to act prudently over the matter. he raised the issue when he met south korean's corn minister in august. he is expected to attend. the situation in ukraine has strained ties. japanese government officials say next week's conference could provide the opportunity to improve relations. they hope a meeting could lead to negotiations for a peace

in , you know, i work a lot the foundation world, with corporations and ngos. they are all very important, skill ne can provide the of government -- none. a hungry nt to feed world -- nobody has been more out in the front of this than the gates foundation. even bill and melinda gates were small in connection with the scope and size of government to deal with these massive problems. great that the s foundation world, the ngo are d, the corporate world all involved -- they are the forefront of a lot of the issues and what we need to be doing to change policy. what gauge and rockefeller and ford other foundations are doing. but we cannot forget that the amount of ve money, the capital, and the influence to help solve these problems. i will say this in a bit of a chauvinistic sense. no one has this more than the united states of america. great symbol of leadership that we have been able to be, historically, a in feeding hungry people and helping folks develop themselves. the real question for us is can we continue to do it given the political system that we current

things have become very fragmented in the contest between the federal and the ngo outlook versus what some of the state governors are doing. >> because the state governor i'm thinking here of governor christie of new jersey. >> right. >> he could just ignore these guidelines or any federal guidelines and still quarantine nurses and doctors returning from west africa. >> he could do that, if he chooses to. ut i do believe you've got now five different governors who took different positions. that was out of a common frustration. they were feeling that the measures, the controls over ngo workers and media personalities and others coming out of west africa were too lax and they were facing circulation of these folks that was provoking panic and fear and forcing them to do massive contact tracing. so that's forced this reaction, which is, in turn, forcing a huge amount of criticism of governor christie and others. >> you can see the perception problem from the point of view of a politician, but as a public health professional, is it necessary to quarantine health workers returning from wes

to answer that, we are joined now by marcus with the ngo world economy ecology and develop. welcome to the show. first off, is this an ineffective deal? will it have teeth? can it curtail tax evasion? >> we think it is a big step forward towards -- against tax evasion. there are thresholds which are just too high and different issues that make us worry that maybe the agreement will not really tackle tax evasion effectively. >> one of the worries is in fact about privacy. governments use to have to get a warrant to get the sort of information, right? >> yes, we think what now has been done, at least for germany -- we could say that people have to report their salaries if they were, so it's not really abnormal for a state to get this kind of data. it could still check if some states might not be the right ones to get all the data. >> major nations have now signed up to this -- china, switzerland, the united states. is there risk now that capital would be flowing to these countries? >> there is a risk, and the whole model is undermined, but we are also word about participation

it can't just be ngos. militaries -- i believe that ngos and civil society and the un should certainly be tracking civilian harm. but that has to be matched by militaries doing it themselves. here is why. even if we never know what their data says, even if it's kept confidential, which it probably will be, if you are an armed force, you need to know what your impact is on the population, including for the hearts and minds, including to know, you know, where are the injuries happening. including to know over time, what that analysis looks like and, oh, god, we've got a lot of civilian casualties at check points. what's happening? how do we stop that? in order to improve operations, you need to know what you have done out in the community. so that's something that we're trying to get african forces and a lot of other militaries to do. >> to echo that, i talked about destroying centers of gravity. i also think in stability operations or sort of the aftermath, you need to build centers of gravity because you're

and it says that there's real fear and unrest within women's movements globally ngo's globally because they are fighting for the same pot of pie. >> bad reason for not wanting to include men in on the conversation. >> i agree bonnie. i worried this is taking away funding and give to go to the men's rights activist groups. its a small pot. >> i'm not advocating one way or the other. >> you are right. i think we have to meet in the middle ground. i am worried we are turning to the opposite extreme now. >> i think in this case, i say expand the pot to be honest. i know that sounds very unlike me but i will say that it's necessary that we drive funds this way. >> in your parents' homeland of india should they be with that huge rape problem that we've talked about should they be funding men's groups to tell men -- teach men to stop it? wouldn't it be more effective? >> i think it will be more effective there is a gang rape case that came up in india in the capital in 2012 and it captivated the world. the woman who was attackedp died was with a male companion and she was not safe. i think ed

others parents. >> what did you do for the ngo?ing and field work looking at the relationship between the liberian people and big industry. >> and the conditions of the workers in the mines. >> has he expressed any regrets or second thoughts now since it happened? or as realized as well that i knew what i was getting in to. >> it's both. his first reaction was i am sorry i put myself in this situation for you guys. his first comments were more concern billion dollar what it would do to us. but of course he's probably of two minds, he has some regrets and at the same time, he's still proud of what he's doing. and i am sure that he will go back to doing things just like this. >> have you talked to. [ inaudible ] reached out to your family? >> we have not spoken to him. >> looking on your son's facebook page, he is passionate about the people of liberia and getting them help and the recognition they need. does that kind of show who your son is? he's just a big-hearted person wanting for make a difference in this world? >> that is him

these projects eight enormously to bolster civil society ngos and institutional capacities and so on.but because they're nonpolitical by definition, these projects cannot address the crucial issue, that is the lack of democracy mode of thinking of the level of politics. working democracy requires personal a democratic mindset of practicing an aspiring politicians, and we do not address this issue. therefore, any solution to these challenges must be a political, a political one. but the very first step towards democracy revitalization must include singing the heart and since you of what is liberal democracy losing its effectiveness in the west? and by singing hard i can actually name the expert singing to a challenge for politicians to do thinking because we can disagree but we need to make this issue political. we have to start at home. even though i agree with the statement from the u.s. is a leader in democratization in third countries, i would like to challenge this view that when i have to see more engagement within the family of democratic countries. because that's where i think

there were hundreds and hundreds of ngos and charities that went in., there have only been a small handful of organizations willing to go in. people say, of course, because it's risky. in fact, you talk to people on the ground, doctors and managers of hospitals, and they say, no, the risks are completely manageable. yes, there is some risk, but you take a calculated risk. the risks are containable, manageable. there's really no excuse for health-related ngos sitting on the fence not to be there, on the ground where they're desperately needed now. >> jeffrey, one other question is, countries like where you are in south africa or countries like nigeria, that had a small outbreak but contained it, do you get a sense they're closing off countries like sierra leone, not allowing people out? if that is the case we had dr. anthony fauci on this show, he says that makes it worse if you close these countries off because you also close them off to the supplies and the personnel they need. do you see that happening within the african continent? >> well, that's ve

aid and leading ngos to deliver three projects. first, the walmart funding will help support the expansion of u.s. aid. a program in rwanda to train 50,000 farmers on agriculture techniques. training will emphasize production of corn, beans, dairy and horticultural crops. in zambia, funding will support the expansion of women's improved marketing and asset control to reach 45,000 farmers. it will empower women farmers by building skills and leadership in agriculture. through training and improved production and post harvest practices, by helping link them to suppliers, buyers and service providers. and through training and business fundamentals. finally, walmart foundation will support the expansion of the one acre fund. program in kenya to up scale 40,000 farmers. funds will enable these farmers to improve agriculture practices and increase market access. it is expected to double farm incomes in one planting season. the farmers will receive high quality inputs such as seed and fertilizer and credit and post harvest support allowin

are able to bring ngos in, there's a chance we could see the ngo-ization of gaza which would then allow for a parallel structure there with the west bank and as much as those ngos are terribly important for repairing infrastructure, they cannot stop the process of destruction. right? in fact, if anything, they're waiting in the wings to repair whenever destruction happens. and i see that some of them don't want to be complicitous with the process in that way, right? you're depending o

it can't just be ngos. militaries -- i believe that ngos and civil society and the un should certainly be tracking civilian harm. but that has to be matched by militaries doing it themselves. here is why. even if we never know what their data says, even if it's kept confidential, which it probably will be, if you are an armed force, you need to know what your impact is on the population, including for the hearts and minds, including to know, you know, where are the injuries happening. including to know over time, what that analysis looks like and, oh, god, we've got a lot of civilian casualties at check points. what's happening? how do we stop that? in order to improve operations, you need to know what you have done out in the community. so that's something that we're trying to get african forces and a lot of other militaries to do. >> to echo that, i talked about destroying centers of gravity. i also think in stability operations or sort of the aftermath, you need to build centers of gravity because you're

. >> icons of charity are the ngos the nongovernmental organizations that profess to help poor people. plus governments like ours, americans spend billions of dollars of foreign aid, but it doesn't work all that charity money doesn't help. that's the claim of a new movie called poverty, inc. this fall. michael made the film. charity money, 5 billion a week doesn't help the poor people. >> obviously there are times when foreign aid may help. there can be be good aid and bad aid. john: say after a hurricane, short-term help. >> right. i think the biggest problem we've used the emergency as a model. you have an earthquake, three years later people are still giving away rice and different things. oftentimes, our help ends up crowding out local business. john: we help people stay poor. >> we turn them into the object of our -- john: it was one of the the poorest countries of the world and after the earthquake in 2010 they got $50 billion in aid. after they got 50 billion, they were even poorer. why? because aid encouraged people to be helpless. >> there are more ngos per capita here than i

more than 20,000 nonprofits and ngos use salesforce for free. >> you are san francisco and born and raisedy is giving back so important to you? >> because i knew i would never have real joy and happiness and fulfillment in my life without giving. i had already been through a pretty awesome ride at oracle. 13 years. i joined in 1986 to 1999. i had seen the trajectory, but what i recognized was that just building a product and selling it to the customer will not make you happy and fulfilled. as an executive, i had seen that area and i saw was that if we could tie philanthropy into our business, we would have not just a good finance result, technical result. i was perhaps too confident in my ability as a technical leader. but i wanted to wrestle filmic, too, joy in my life. i knew i would have to do something philanthropic. >> some people of criticized your efforts as marketing. how do you respond to that? >> it is just amazing to me that anybody can say that. because we are so dedicated, over a decade and a half, to helping other people. we are so through-and-through that this is what we are

i think google does think of itself as an ngo that just happens to make a lot of money.nd they think of themselves as social reformers who just happen to have their stock traded on stock exchanges, and who just happen to have investors and shareholders. but they do think of themselves as ultimately being in the business of making the world better. >> at harvard we only permitted google to digitize books in the public domain but the other research libraries, that google first went to, permitted google to digitize books covered by copyright. as soon as you get into the copyright area things get rapidly complicated. >> we're allowing google to scan all of our books, those in the public domain and those still in copyright. we believe it is legal, ethical and a noble endeavor that will transform our society. legal because we believe copyright law allows us fair use of the millions of books that are being digitized. fair use is a piece of american copyright law that allows us to make copies without ever asking any permission, without paying any fee for certain carved out uses.

reproductive health is another issue that worries ngo and studies indicate early marriages have a higherk of pregnancy complications and miscarriages and that is why aid agencies are working to raise awareness. >> we are really looking at a generation of girls that will lose their future, their education is lost, they no longer go to school after being married so the cycle of poverty of one's ability is transmitted from a generation to another. >> reporter: early marriages have long been an accepted practice in syria, it appears the war has, encouraged them more and shattered the dreams of young syrian girls and i'm with al jazeera in doca. >>> leader of the muslim brotherhood justice party has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. the same term was handed down to preacher and accused of torturing a lawyer during the revolution in 2011, the two are already serving long sentences and after being convicted of attempting to kill a policeman during the over throw of ousted president mohamed morsi who also appeared in court. am academic year has started and are trying to curb protest and we h

you have a lot of ngos, others going in and out. it still remains if it is important to go in and out and whether it is important to contain the virus there in west africa. this is a conversation that is bubbling up with both republicans and democrats. back to you, jose. >> here is something i've been wondering. the airports have now been testing the passengers. what happens if somebody shows symptoms? are the airports set up so that the isolation will be actually effective? >> at these airports that we've mentioned they all have cdc quarantine rooms. so they will be put aside in the quarantine room. the person would put on the protective gear, and call the local health authorities and paramedics who would then transfer the person to the facility, wherever they believe is the safest place to begin treatment of the person before, eventually being moved onto one of the most robust biohazard treatments in the country. >> nbc's tom costello, thank you for joining us. let's bring in dr. natalie azar, thank you so much for being with us.

he had come home just in may from being there, working with an ngo for two years. >> what did you say to try to dissuade him? >> i told him i thought he was crazy. >> and i begged him, from a mother's perspective, i said, please don't go. but there was nothing to do. he was determined. >> i told him about the risks, what i knew about ebola and why i thought it wasn't a good idea, the difficulty of getting treatment once he got there if he did get sick, all of the things that any of us would tell our friends or our patients or our loved ones. and none of it worked obviously. >> i'm guessing you have probably had this kind of conversation, maybe not about ebola, but going into a war zone. >> yeah. sure. >> did you ever have that ikind of conversation before? >> sure. he graduated from london school of economics and columbia university. i'm proud of him and at the same time, i would prefer that he went somewhere safer, as a parent. >> what did he do for the ngo? >> he was doing writing and field work, looking at the relationship between the liberian people and the big industry. >> the co

reproductive health worries ngos.es indicate early marriages have a higher risk of pregnancy complications and miscarriages. >> that's why aid agencies are working to raise awareness. >> we are really looking at a generation of girls that will lose their future. their education is lost. they to no longer going to school after being married. so the cycle of poverty of vulnerability is transmitted from a generation to another. >> although early marriages have long been an accepted practice in syria, it appears the war has encouraged them even more and in the process, shattered the dreams of many young syrian girls. al jazeera, dakar. >> from toronto canada, sally armstrong, as a journalist, she is known for covering war zones and the world's women. listening to that report, it's heartbreaking to hear what so many young girls are going through. can you talk a little bit more about what are the risks to girls when war happens? >> well, richelle, the risks are enormous but they always have been enormous. what's different t

more than 23,000 nonprofits and ngos use salesforce for free.t's a huge part of our philanthropic focus. >> you are san francisco born and raised. why is giving back so important to you? >> because i knew i would never have real joy and happiness and fulfillment in my life without giving. i had already been through a pretty awesome ride at oracle. 13 years. being with oracle from $50 million in revenue when i joined in 1986 to 1999, i had seen the trajectory, but what i recognized was that just building a product and selling it to the customer will not make happy and fulfilled as an executive. i had seen that and i saw was that if we could tie philanthropy into our business, we would have not just a good finance result, technical result. i was maybe too confident in my ability as a technical leader. but i wanted to have fulfillment to enjoy in my life. i knew i would have to do something philanthropic to achieve that. >> some people criticized your philanthropy efforts as marketing. how do you respond to that? >> i think it is just amazing to me

ngos are concerned that such marriages could leave young girls in abusive and exploitive situations. they hope those who were already married cope with challenges. 17 and divorced after a three-year abusive marriage. >> so many of us were crammed into a small space, and my ex-husband became more violent. he would beat me and scream at me all the time. >> some syrian families who have had to flee from the war found early marriage favorable for economical reasons. studies indicate that early pregnancies come are risks and miscarriages. >> education is lost. they no longer go to school after being married, so the cycle of poverty is transmitted from one generation to another. >> although early marriages have long been an accepted practice in syria, it appears the war has encouraged them even more and in the process shattered the dreams of many young syrian girls. >> well, we're joined live from new york. good to have you with us. obviously being a war refugee is enough of a burden. being a woman makes it more complicated. how much of an alternative or help do female war refugees get to

ngos are concerned that early marriages could leave some girls in abusive and exploitation and they wantevent child marriages and help those who are already married cope with challenges. she is 17 and divorced after a three-year abusive marriage. >> translator: so many of us were crammed into a small space and my ex-husband became more violent. he would beat me and scream at me all the time. >> reporter: some syrian families had to flee from the war find early marriage favorable for economic and cultural reasons. reproductive health worries ngo and indicate early marriages have a higher risk of pregnancy complications and miscarriages and aid agencies are working to raise awareness. >> we are really looking at a generation of girls that will lose their future, their education is lost and they no longer go to school after being married, so the cycle of poverty of one's ability is transmitted from a generation to another. >> reporter: although early marriages have long been an accepted practice in syria, it appears the war has, encouraged them more and in the process shattered the dream of

kind of dispirited but i definitely agree that there is a lot to be done with the central european ngos as they are well-equipped. they're relatively cheap to run. they are not corrupt too much. so definitely a lot to use but the problem is that there is a growing gap between those who would work for the ngos and the frustrated society at large. frustrated and apathetic. and i mean there's a lot of losers in the economic transformation in eastern and central europe but there are those who are trying to use this frustration and change it into a better grip over the state or society. one question maybe to melinda, i think that was the way you were heading but there was something about pulling back mon from the most closed regimes. i completely agree with the logic but how to make sure -- the societies are not monolithic which you know much better than me. how to make sure that those who are striving for democracy in those regimes, that these are alive or they have some money to distribute, whatever they have to distribute. so how to make sure is it through net or how to make sure this wil

and ngos have been doing this work for some time and they have many best practices. countering violent extremism, promoting relechigion with its positive role. violence takes place at communal level. so what are the best practices, how do people build neighborhood to neighborhood the type of resilient fabric that protects against future violence. whether reconstructing after war or just to prevent future conflict between religious and other communities. so that's a lot, but it's to say 245 in t that in the last couple years, quite a significant shift in how the united states government and our allies have looking at this issue based on lessons we've learned from the past. so thank you for your attention and interest in the topic. >> i'd like to also thank the middle east institute, carnegie endowment to national peace for organizing and hosting this panel. and also for allan and jerry and ambassador pickering for being here on the panel with me today. jerry gave much of the overview of a lot of the changes at the department. and i just wanted to add one small thing t