Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

Usually people are very much focused on keeping their kids alive.

You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.