& ethics newsweekly is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis-based private family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter, and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. humanitarian organizations continue to rush aid to famine victims in east africa, as the united nations called for more than a billion dollars in additional relief funds. a british official warned that 400,000 children could die of starvation in coming months if more action is not taken. reports surfaced this week that food supplies are being stolen and sold in markets in the capital of somalia. the world council of churches denounced any interference with aid delivery as inhumane
family foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing and customizing individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. the famine in east africa continues to worsen with humanitarian officials now saying that more than 12 million people are in need of emergency food assistance. the united states this week announced an additional $117 million of aid for the region and urged other nations to follow suit. more than 400,000 somali refugees have flooded into camps in ethiopia and kenya seeking help. this week, former us ambassador to the un world food program tony hall was in kenya visiting one of the largest refugee camps. i spoke with him there via skype. well, ambassador hall, tell us a
education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, customizing group and retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. this week, the world s more than 1 billion muslims began observing their holy month of ramadan. during the month, muslims are expected to fast every day from dawn to sunset and to offer special prayers and give to the poor. they break their fast with the traditional iftar meal. a new survey out this week says american muslims are very optimistic about their lives in the us. and, according to the gallup organization s middle east center, american muslims perceptions of their overall well-being increased more in the past three years than those of any other religious group. but circumstances are not as optimistic for muslims in several other parts of the world. there