POV · SEASON 23

Good Fortune

Episode 5 · 2010-07-13

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Episode overview

Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. In Kenya’s rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multimillion-dollar rice farm. Across the country in Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest shantytown are being demolished as part of a U.N. slum-upgrading project. The gripping stories of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development present a unique opportunity see foreign aid through eyes of the people it is intended to help. (90:00)

60 minutes

Season 23 episodes

1. Food, Inc.2010-04-21 2. William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe2010-06-22 3. The Beaches of Agnès2010-06-29 4. Promised Land2010-07-06 5. Good Fortune2010-07-13 6. El General2010-07-20 7. Presumed Guilty2010-07-27 8. Salt2010-08-17 9. The Edge of Dreaming2010-08-24 10. Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy2010-08-31 11. Off and Running2010-09-07 12. In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee2010-09-14 13. The Oath2010-09-21 14. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers2010-10-05