[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       THE SUCCESS OF FOREIGN AID
 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, in March and April the organization 
World Neighbors will be featured in ``The Quiet Revolution--An Approach 
to aid that works: This PBS series documents effective foreign aid 
programs.'' The series features six humanitarian aid programs where 
people are successfully breaking out of poverty and taking charge of 
their own destiny. The Quiet Revolution takes an emotional and personal 
view of how effective aid programs can transform lives. Instead of 
presenting the poor as anonymous victims, it shows them as they really 
are: intelligent and capable people wanting to solve their own 
problems. It is an image of poverty that has rarely been seen and 
capable of touching hearts and minds.
  The Quiet Revolution was a dream of Jack Robertson, a man who shared 
a great deal in common with the people chronicled in the films. Mr. 
Robertson died shortly after the films were completed and faced 
incredible odds throughout the making of the series. Yet he was driven 
by persistent optimism and stubborn refusal to let anything stop him 
from sharing the series with the world.
  I would like to commend the World Neighbors and Mr. Jack Robertson 
for their tireless efforts to make such a needed documentary.


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