the unicef people chose the ayukawa district of miyagi prefecture. besides being a poor district, it was one of the areas closest to the earthquake's epicenter. tsunami waves higher than 10 meters hit the main street bustling with souvenir shops. many residents lost their homes and family members. a clock that stopped when the tsunami hit. a parking lot that sunk beneath sea level during the quake. some children take pictures to show how they view living with the disaster and its aftermaths. they also picture locals keene to get on with their lives despite the circumstances. some children expressed their joy that everyday life is gradually getting back to normal. italian photographer worked with the kids. he has been taking pictures of youngsters for more than 20 years. he has also conducted workshop in countries all over the world. some work for people that had gone through conflicts on natural disasters. in the photos, he could sense the same message of hope expressed by people in similar projects around thworld. >> of course, a calamity is a calam

among the locations, japan and the unicef headquarters, new york. they plan to time the event to coincide with the first anniversary of the disaster, march 11th, 2012. rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> since the march 11th accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, people in northeastern japan and elsewhere have grown increasingly pore worried about radiation. no a radiation sector that speaks has been developed, aimed at helping people who are visually impaired. >> hello. [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> if you push a button on the 12x5 meter, the woman's voice announce the airborne radiation per hour pap prototype of the speaking device was shown friday. jointly developed by an association for the visuality impaired at a local company. >> translator: the machine will be handy for the visually impaired. we hope people will find it useful. >> while visually impaired curbs were evacuated from a town, they were worried about radioactive contamination. >> translator: we already feel safer with this device. >>> japan's health

the unicef people choose miyagi prefecture. besides being a poor district it was one of the areas closest to the epicenter. tsunamis higher than ten meters battered the main street once bustling with ancient souvenir shops. many residents lost their homes and family members. a clock that stopped when the tsunami hit. a parking lo the that sunk below sea level during the quake. some children take pictures to show how they view living with the disaster and its aftermath. they also picture locals keen to get on with their lives, despite the circumstances. some children express their joy that everyday life is gradually getting back to normal. italian photographer giacomo palazzi is working with the kids. he has been taking pictures with youngsters for more than 20 years. giacomo has also conducted a workshop in countries all over the world. some work with people who have gone through natural disasters. in the photos he could sense the same message of hope expressed by people in similar projects around the world. >> oh, that's lovel

it's organized by unicef. who want to give the children a worldwide stage to express their views and feelings about the disaster. the unicef people chose ta district of iwate prefecture. it was one of the prefectures closest to the earthquake's epicenter. tsunami waves higher than ten meters battered the main street, once bustling. many residents lost their homes and family members. a clock that stopped when the tsunami hit. a parking lot that sunk beneath sea level during the quake. some children take pictures to show how they view living with the disaster and its aftermath. they also picture locals keen to get on with their lives, despite the circumstances. some children express their joy, that everyday life is gradually getting back to normal. italian photographer giacomo pilatzi enjoys working with kids, he's been working with youngsters for more than 20 years. giacomo has also conducted workshops in countries all over the world. some worked with people who had gone through conflicts or natural disasters.

the unicef people chose the ayukawa district in miyagi prefecture. besides being a poor district, it was one of the areas closest to the earthquake's epicenter. tsunami waves higher than ten meters battered the main street, once bustling with inns and souvenir shops. many residents lost their homes and family members. a clock that stopped when the tsunami hit, the parking lot that sunk beneath sea level during the quake. some children take pictures to show how they view living with the disaster, and its aftermath. they also picture locals keen to get on with their lives, despite the circumstances. some children express their joy that everyday life is gradually getting back to normal. italian photographer giacomo pilozzi worked with the kids. he has been taking pictures of youngsters for more than 20 years. ♪ giacomo has also conducted workshops in countries all over the world. some work through people who go through conflicts or natural disasters. in the photos, he could sense the same message of hope expressed by people in similar projects around th

it's organized by unicef. who want to give the children a worldwide stage to express their views and feelings about the disaster. the unicef people chose a aikawa district of iwate prefecture. it was one of the prefectures closest to the earthquake's epicenter. tsunami waves higher than ten meters battered the main street, once bustling. many residents lost their homes and family members. a clock that stopped when the tsunami hit. a parking lot that sunk beneath sea level during the quake. some children take pictures to show how they view living with the disaster and its aftermath. they also picture locals keen to get on with their lives, despite the circumstances. some children express their joy, that everyday life is gradually getting back to normal. italian photographer giacomo pilatzi enjoys working with kids, he's been working with youngsters for more than 20 years. giacomo has also conducted workshops in countries all over the world. some worked with people who had gone through conflicts or natural disas

>> atit's a desk because unicef will send a gift receipt to whoever you want.ssible to buy for. you have everything. >> the woman who has everything. >> i've been thinking all month what do i get alex? i can't think of anything. >> i spent a year thinking about what do get you, lawrence. a year. i appreciate the desk and i encourage everybody who is watching this show get someone else a desk, someone else that they love desk because it is an incredible project. lawrence, i want to talk a little bit -- we're talking about the msnbc audience giving. the numbers about charitable giving we obviously know the economy -- american economy is in a time of duress. and yet we have statistics, the charities aid foundation ranked americans as the most generous in the world in terms of the number of people who made charitable contributions and volunteered their time. up from fifth place in 2010. something remarkable as we end this season of divisiveness and partis partisan bickering and remember who we are as a country. it's a great reminder that, in fact, the real america

a glenn beck fan, named jim ray, had unicef send me this message.r the opportunity to help, jim. $48 buys one of these desks, a glenn beck fan, named jim ray, had unicef send me this message. faith without works is dead so thank you for the opportunity to help, jim. $48 buys one of these desks, which is designed for most of the crowded malawi school children as they squeeze on to that bench. $720 buys an entire classroom of desks and all of those desks are made in malawi by workers who, thanks to the jobs that these desks provide, are able, often for the first time in their lives, to bring home a steady paycheck and reliably feed their families. the k.i.n.d. program is in a country where jobs have always been scarce and life has always been hard. the k.i.n.d. fund is the most basic and important education program. how important is it? just imagine not having one. not having one every day you are in elementary school and high school. some kids in this country have done that. last year after seeing my first report, high school students in pennsylvania

unicef has been overwhelmed with calls and online ordering.a donations. people who have been working at customer service at unicef have just been fantastic this last week. >> lawrence, thank you for having a heart for encouraging all of us to do this. thank you for letting me hang out tonight and for being a guest on your own show. >> thank you for the

then with unicef, i found a woodworking shop that hired extra workers to make 30 desks i was able ton my pocket and deliver to one classroom in malawi. when i told you this story last year, i knew you would be moved to help, but i had no idea how generous you would be to the kind fund. kids in need of desks, a special partnership we established with msnbc and unicef, specifically to deliver desks to african schools. you left me awe struck. as of today, contributing over 2 million dollars. that allowed us to deliver 39,949 desks, with 5,000 more in the manufacturing pipeline to be delivered soon. kids in need of desks is the permanent cause of this program. the need will surely outlive this program, as i explained to a group of public school students in new jersey who contributed over $3500 themselves and their parents contributed another $3700. if we continue at the pace we are at now on raising money to get desks for schools in malawi, how long do you think it will take to get desks for every student in malawi? three weeks? anybody else want to guess? how many people think it will t

unicef has counted $351,626 in additional contributions. that is unicef catching up with the flood of online contributions that poured in over the christmas weekend. the total, we have raised this christmas season is now $1,469,639. and the total we've raised since beginning the program last year is $3,883,638. a jump of more than $350,000 in the last 24 hours of counting. that is enough, that total that we have now is enough to build an deliver nearly 81,000 desks to classrooms in malaui where most students and teachers until this program began have never seen a desk. over a million students are likely to use these desks in the years to come. i want to thank legendary columnist liz smith who included a personal note for her contribution. i want to let the final words you hear about theç fund come from you our viewers who leave me in awe of your kindness and generosity. i have two e-mails for you tonight. mr. o'donnell, i'm a social studies teacher. mili a small school. in need. our district is poor but all of my kids have desks. in honor

the e-mail from james ray came through the unicef website which allows you to have a gift notice senta desk for an african school as a christmas present. the subject line of the e-mail is a desk from a glenn beck fan. dear lawrence, happy holidays from the other side. faith without works is dead, so thank you for the opportunity to help. jim. that e-mail is full of the spirit of this season of giving. jim begins by dropping our political differences. he refers to the religious basis of christmas echoing christ's message that faith without good works is meaningless. and then jim does what so many of you have done. he thanks me for the opportunity to help. many of you have used that phrase in tweets and e-mails. the opportunity to help. and this is all i ever wanted to do with the k.i.n.d. fund. give people the opportunity to help if they are as moved as i was when i first heard about the conditions in malawi classrooms. the k.i.n.d. fund is not about politics. and i'm not surprised that a glenn beck fan like jim who is serious about combining faith with good works would see that. that

great job to unicef and lawrence o'donnell of msnbc for their work with the kind fund providing decksn malawi and adding work for the community. everyone at the last word is thrilled that danny glover is watching the show and he's right about desks providing work in malawi. the disks are made at factories in malawi using african materials and so before providing a proper place for kids to sit in classrooms, these desks are providing jobs to workers in malawi who can then reliably feed their families. sheila sent this e-mail to the last word. i grew up in zambia, and know the courageous spirit of the people that you are trying to help. i appreciate the fact that this is not just a handout but an opportunity for the people to work together to help each other. giving the resources to create the jobs allows the workers to become productive and contributing members of the community. it also allows the people involved to experience a genuine feeling of self-worth for the children, it is an opportunity that they will all seize. my husband and i have donated four desks again this year and wil

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unicef will send an e card to whoever you choose indicating you've donated a desk in their name.oner donated two decks in my name thanking me for using the power of this show for the greater good. thanks, sam and joan. most people have been donating desks in the names of their children, of their parents, sometimes in honor of their late parents or other loved ones. stewartç posted this on our facebook page. i watched your segment with melissa harris perry last week and was so inspired ten desks were donated in honor of those who have taught me so much over the course of my years. the sight of those children so eager to learn, they would sit in the dirt brought the spirit of the season back to one who had all but given up on the commercialization of a holy seaso season. >>> coming up, newt gingrich says the video he's done with nancy pelosi is the most embarrassing thing he's ever done, and that is not true. we'll show you an even crazier video moment in newt's life. and in the rewrite tonight, what the nypd needs to do to police the lawbreakers in its ranks. it's time to fire th

unicef will send an e-mail notification to whoever you choose as a gift notification. taking a collection for k.i.n.d. at our holiday party this weekend. i'll keep you posted. i know you will. i understand many people have no room in their budget this year or in this economy to make any kind of contribution at all. and i'm not suggesting that anyone in that situation should strain in any ford to try to participate now. taking a collection is a wonderful idea under the circumstances. although a desk costs $48, you can contribute any amount less than that, anything at all, that you feel comfortable contributing. if you contribute $10 and four other people contribute $10, and they will, then we can buy one of these desks. and this desk will be used by two or three children at a time for many years to come. your $10 will help. it will really have an impact. and if it's too tough for you to contribute this year, you can contribute next year. this isn't going away. this is the permanent cause of "the last word." the deprivation level is so high in african classrooms that we

i do mind is like unicef. because people are not going to tell. me. you're coming back in history. books we've gone down the drain they will come back up what are you going to decide how much you like it back and. you seeing how war affects the civilians that are in the area. you know every house you look as god bombs you know craters and are full of holes in it. and just in general how it affects people and how it makes them put all their humanity aside in order to be able to survive in a war zone. and then you see the dead the injured. you stand it dig my ass cry and you smell the decomposing bodies that are there. you see the young girl the stand along the side of the road where there are third degree burns and you want to help her but you can't do it because you're in the middle of a war. and you see all that stuff and you see how it affects you and you see how it affects everyone around you and you just say you know what why are we even doing that anymore. we'll have a conscience we'll have you know a sense between that tell us is between right or wrong. when i joined the mili

an image shot at a garbage dump in ghana has been chosen as the unicef photo of the year.-waste in ghana is the title of the photograph. the honor was accepted from the berlin.first lady here inn stay tuned for "in depth" coming up next. do not go away. ♪ ♪ >> i would like a banana parfait. >> walnut. >> vanilla. >> the next time you eat out, help the 850 million people in the world who go hungry. ♪ >> welcome back. we continue our broadcast with the spirit of giving and what this means for the german economy. despite tough economic times and gloomy growth forecasts across the eurozone, and germans are out in strong numbers this holiday season, digging deep into their pockets and purchasing plenty of gifts for their loved ones. according to the numbers of two closely watched economic surveys here in the country, a german business and consumer cfidence is up and ended on a high note this year. of course this is good news, but in terms of actual shopping, that also means crowds of the department stores. those are likely to be bigger. one way to avoid that, however, is by che

unicef appeals for more money to help the thousands who need homes. >> racist and xenophobic. turkey condemns the bill passed in french parliament making it a crime to deny the armenian genocide. in the wake of the worst unrest in kazakhstan in years, the president has announced he will dismiss his son-in-law. at least 16 people died in clashes with police last week. we report. >> this footage appears to have been filmed from a building overlooking the main square on december 16. it shows riot police opening fire on protesters. the video is accompanied by female voices speaking in causal -- in kazak. the footage was posted on youtube and has not been verified. it shows killings. speaking to journalists on wednesday, the commanders where a state of emergency has been declared, said the video is being investigated. in an interview to radio free europe, the ambassador to the united states described the footage of a shocking. >> these were shocking video images. i cannot tell you specifics about this, how this came to be, who made the video, etc. at the very top level, i am reassu

an official from unicef estimates that 35% of evacuees are children. they're in desperate need of assistance. the red cross is in heightened alert against possible outbreaks of infectious diseases, because of poor hygiene, at some evacuation centers. charmaine deogracias, nhk world, philippines. >>> u.s. president barack obama on monday pledged to support the recovery effort. but help from the international community has only just start to arrive. >>> and that will wrap up our bulletin, i'm pachari raksawong in bangkok. >> pachari, thanks. >>> the japanese government has completed and environmental assessment report about the planned relocation of a u.s. military base in okinawa. the report says the move would have only a limited environmental impact. japan and the united states have agreed to relocate the u.s. marine air station in futenma to a less populated area in nago city, also in okinawa. progress has been slow because of strong protests by local residents and officials. they want the base moved out of the prefecture entirely. the environmental

. >> bob: unicef is one thing. >> andrea: wait. oil for food.e republican administration to allow that to happen, i might add. if you want to dump on the u.n. this is not the segment to do it. talk about north korea. i want to know now, you have a councilmember with nuclear weapons, correct? now in the hands of a completely unknown enentity. the people of the entire pacific rim are scared to death. japanese, taiwan ease, and who has the biggest hand here? chinese. does anyone think they will move this as an opportunity to move in and say cool it, you are giving us trouble? >> eric: they should. >> bob: i think it's an opportunity for them. >> eric: again, that would be -- donald trump says this is the opportunity, chinese could go in there and start making the korean peninsula a safer place. no one would -- look what goes on. >> kimberly: you don't see indication that is happening. >> eric: auto industry, electricity. you know, standard of living. then north korea has nothing. if you look at a map at night, satellite map. south carolina has ligh

it's a special fund that i established with unicef.it and make sure it is delivered properly. they're able to build in malawi and africa and there by providing jobs in africa for the building and delivered to schools. >> we were seeing pictures of the classes and children that you helped. >> i have been there a few times and we started a year ago with absolutely nothing. a year ago this week. over the course of the christmas season we ended up raising close to $2 million as the year wore on. we got up to about $2,400,000. i announced that the second stage of our campaign and we picked up $105,000 in the first night after talking about it again last night. just overnight, just to this hour since 11:00 last night, $132,182. i am crediting you with any income they get from this moment until next monday night that, is all. >> what happened to the self-obsessed psychotic anchor person? this doesn't sound like the thing that would normally come. >> this is the thing that gives meaning to the job. when you realize that you have one of these p