Monday October 26, 2009, 3:11 pm
It's free...I'm sure it'll be informative. It's a reputable organization, and a reputable & concerned couple. Please try to watch!

From Melinda Gate with One.org.
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When I visited Ethiopia earlier this year, I met Tsion, a hard-working young woman in the government’s Health Extension Program. She is trained to tend to pregnant mothers, who otherwise would rely on traditional attendants unable to stop internal bleeding or resuscitate newborns. Tsion has helped take the terror and fear of death out of childbirth for hundreds of women.

As a ONE member, you've worked hard to protect U.S. investments in the world's poorest countries. Now Bill and I need your help to tell Tsion's story, and others—so more Americans realize our tremendous progress improving health around the world and are moved to support America’s continued leadership in global health.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 27, at 7 PM (EST) for a live online presentation titled “Living Proof: Why we are Impatient Optimists.” RSVP to watch:

http://www.one.org/us/gatesspeech/rsvp.html?id=1275-3593526-SXJpc.x&t=2

Through our foundation and visits to the field, Bill and I have been deeply touched by personal stories of lives changed for the better. Thanks to 30,000 trained health extension workers like Tsion, access to health care in rural areas is rapidly expanding. And the health of Ethiopian children and women is improving.

That’s why, when it comes to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we’re impatient optimists. We need to build on this success now, by expanding it to even more women in Ethiopia and helping families in other countries benefit from what Ethiopia has learned.

Sharing success stories is one of the most important things we can do to motivate and inspire others in the fight against global poverty and disease. Please RSVP to join us for the webcast, learn for yourself how U.S. investments in global health are changing the world, and share the proof with your network:

http://www.one.org/us/gatesspeech/rsvp.html?id=1275-3593526-SXJpc.x&t=3

Thank you,

Melinda French Gates
ONE member



PS. I wrote more about my experiences with Tsion in Ethiopia for the ONE Blog. Read my entry here: http://www.one.org/r?r=236&id=1275-3593526-SXJpc.x&t=4

Monday October 26, 2009, 3:13 pm
Thanx Wicked V - Love & Light

Wednesday October 28, 2009, 5:24 am
Thannxxxx.. One has to be optimistic... without optimistic hope there is no life but with optimistism there is hope...

Wednesday October 28, 2009, 2:03 pm
Miss Wicked ya scared me into it.
Seriously though it does cover pertintent issues that affect anyone who considers themselves to have any ethical backbone to themselves.
Though the live Oct 27th online presentaion is over with we'll make a concerted attempt to see what was discussed.

Wednesday October 28, 2009, 2:47 pm
What is a pesimist? An informed optimist. I couldn't make it, I live in Spain plus Mondays and Tuesdays are heavy for me, I work long hours, thank you anyway Miss Wicked.

Wednesday October 28, 2009, 2:57 pm

John Lennon- Nobody told me



Everybody's talking and no one says a word

Everybody's making love and no one really cares

There's nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs.
Always something happening and nothing going on

There's always something happening cooking and nothing in the pot

They're starving back in China so finish what you got.
They're starving back in China so finish what you got.
Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Strange days indeed
strange days indeed.
Everybody's runnin' and no one makes a move

Everyone's a winner
and no one seems to lose.
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu.
Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground

Everybody's crying and no one makes a sound.
There's a place for us in movies you just gotta stay around.

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Strange days indeed
most peculiar
Mama.
Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high

Everybody's flying and never touch the sky

There's Ufo's over New York and I ain't too surprised.
Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Nobody told me there'd be days like these

Strange days indeed
most peculiar. Mama