US music broadcaster MTV has announced that it will show a documentary The Diary Of Angelina Jolie And Dr. Jeffrey Sachs In Africa next month.
This is a part of the network’s new pro-social initiative Think MTV. The half an hour special episode of the Diary series follows UN goodwill ambassador Jolie and UN advisor/economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs as they travel to Sauri, a remote group of villages in Western Kenya, where Sachs’ UN Millennium Project team is working to end poverty, hunger and disease afflicting the area.
With cameras in tow, Jolie and Sachs experience first-hand the effects of the devastation unique to Africa – and provide hope as they highlight hopeful progress in this Millennium village.
MTV states that its initiative Think MTV aims to inform and empower its audience on the issues that matter to them most, including education, sexual health, discrimination, and the environment. It will examine international poverty, Aids, the effects of war, and other issues of global concern to young people.
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