http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/social_issues/social_ent/In this occassional series of reports, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer explores the work of social activists and volunteers working in often small ways to tackle some of the largest challenges facing both the developing and the developed world.Online NewsHourIn this occassional series of reports, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer explores the work of social activists and volunteers working in often small ways to tackle some of the largest challenges facing both the developing and the developed world.en-usCopyright 2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:25:57 ESTFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:25:57 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg NoNews, NewsHour, Daily, Current Events, Television, Radio, Media, social change, social ills, poverty, education, social entrepreneurship, investment, microlending, aid, developing, poor, sick, health, global healthOnline NewsHouronlineda@newshour.orgOnline NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june09/credit_05-01.htmlFri, 01 May 2009 18:33:00 ESTSpencer Michels reports on a program that helps low-income people with no credit gain access to loans and financial counseling. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/05/01/20090501_credit.mp308:36Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june09/beads_04-16.htmlThu, 16 Apr 2009 18:34:00 ESTA program that helps Ugandans sell beads in America has brought hundreds of families out of extreme poverty through a woman-to-woman network focused on sales at house parties and a Web store. Spencer Michels reports on the program and the people it helps. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/04/16/20090416_beads.mp309:16Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june09/coffee_03-26.htmlThu, 26 Mar 2009 18:32:00 ESTSeattle-based coffee company Pura Vida's core mission is to help its bean growers in Central America improve their lives. NewsHour special correspondent Lee Hochberg reports. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/03/26/20090326_coffee.mp306:54Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/jan-june09/focushope_02-11.htmlWed, 11 Feb 2009 18:46:00 ESTEleanor Josaitis co-founded the Detroit program Focus: Hope more than three decades ago to provide job training and other opportunities to the city's residents. With the U.S. mired in a recession and the auto industry future uncertain, her group is reinventing itself.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/02/11/20090211_detroit.mp308:29Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/yearup_12-23.htmlTue, 23 Dec 2008 18:25:00 ESTTo alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/12/23/solman.mp311:47Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec08/haitihunger_12-22.htmlMon, 22 Dec 2008 18:33:00 ESTAs global food prices continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's effort to alleviate the crisis. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/12/22/20081222_haiti.mp308:44Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/beanproject_12-17.htmlWed, 17 Dec 2008 18:34:00 ESTArmed with $500 worth of beans, two women founded a non-profit group in Denver to empower impoverished women by teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless and unemployed. Spencer Michels reports.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/12/17/20081217_bean.mp307:59Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/social_issues/july-dec08/worldofgood_11-06.htmlThu, 06 Nov 2008 18:46:00 ESTSince 2004, the company World of Good has helped merge consumerism and social consciousness by partnering with retailers to market fair-trade handcrafted items. Spencer Michels reports on the business of combining social values, opportunities for artisans and shopping.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/11/06/20081106_shopping.mp317:19Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec08/techschool_08-22.htmlFri, 22 Aug 2008 18:23:00 ESTA San Diego charter high school is aiming to close the education gaps between students of immigrant families and their counterparts by motivating them to acquire business and science skills and pursue college degrees. Paul Solman offers the latest in a series of reports on this education initiative.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/08/22/20080822_tech28.mp310:53Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/aidsafrica_07-17.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:00 ESTIn Malawi, where some 83,000 children are infected with HIV, a new program brings U.S. doctors to the East African country and encourages African doctors to set up practices in their hometowns, instead of leaving for more prosperous countries. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/07/17/20080717_malawi28.mp309:57Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june08/nolatoxic_06-19.htmlThu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:00 ESTNearly three years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city is still coping with the toxic debris the storm left behind. Betty Ann Bowser reports from New Orleans on the ongoing controversy over the city's landfills.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/06/19/20080619_nola28.mp309:39Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june08/nolareads_06-17.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:00 ESTThe struggle to educate the nation's children in urban schools has long been an area of reform. In a continuing series of reports on urban school reform, John Merrow returns to New Orleans schools to examine how young students are learning to read.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/06/17/20080617_merrow28.mp314:20Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june08/annan_06-11.htmlWed, 11 Jun 2008 18:43:00 ESTFuel costs and supply shortages have caused a spike in food prices across Africa -- prompting calls for an agricultural revolution on the continent. Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan discusses efforts to address the crisis.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/06/11/20080611_annan28.mp310:22Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june08/malawi_05-02.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 18:23:00 ESTFred de Sam Lazaro reports on the debate over the benefits of providing cash or crops to recipient nations. He also looks into the growing effects of domestic farm law on world food markets.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/05/02/20080502_malawi28.mp308:51