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Here’s a cool talk I found on Ted.com from 2005 where Bono speaks about aid in Africa. He speaks in a very passionate and engaging way. Perhaps my favourite line is when he speaks of the terrible problems in Africa saying “it’s not a cause, it’s an emergency”.

Imagine a TV show based on reducing poverty in the developing world. People need to see the problems others are facing (some news channels do a good job of this) but perhaps even more important is that people see that something can be done about it.

I find it quite amazing that there isn’t a TV show about reducing poverty. Perhaps there is in other countries but New Zealand certainly doesn’t seem to have anything like this. There are a few advertising campaigns and a few depressing documentaries but very little focused on action and progress. Imagine a weekly show that includes stories at the personal, community and national level with a balance of information between what is going well and what will work better in future.

A while ago when watching “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, I thought this is kind of cool but what if they helped the people in greatest need? Probably going for a more reasonable quality of life rather than trying to give them the lifestyle of millionaires.  This could be called “Extreme Makeover: Village Edition”.

Is there already a TV show about reducing poverty in your country? Do you think this is a good idea? Let me know in the comments.