strikplay...really??!?!

I am sorry that we had slavery but its been 40 plus years since then,time to get over it and stop blaming circumstances for their present status.

This documentary revealed the very true picture of africa, shame on you the west.

Africa!!! Gods own continent!!!

I saw this on PBS in 2001 or 2002, and have wanted to see it ever since.  It’s an excellent documentary, and very much still holds true.  Thanks for making this film available again.

I just finished watching the program t-shirt travel. And I must say that whoever the lady is that produced the film documentary did a great job. It got my mind open and got me thinking. I will like to see more on this subject in the development of Africa and the world as a whole. Solving the problem. POVERTY. How do we rid of it and how to help the worlds poor get to see and live a life full of meaning and understanding of the difference between the have and have nots.

Thank you

HI
i always wanted to see a ducumentary such as Zambia (luka )really is educating and spledid though a sad story . this story reminded me about myself some years back, i am a Nigerian birth and bred in Nigeria but i’m in united state of america at the moment. atually, i have a story about myself that i may discribe abit related to lukas story.
i grew up in a poor family but truthfully saying not as bad as i may grade lukas to be. im the last borne in the family of 10 , not in the excluded of the parents . i happened to be the last borne the the family. not to be untold i saw lukas and the zambia people story i tell you i shared tears. i experienced not just being poor ,hungry but the pain of being victim of poverty and hunger.to make the long story short i and my other brothers and sisters grew up and sponsor ourselves in school by sellng fire wood and making a local powderd meal (garri)for sell. like i said at the long top of my story i am currently in USA (united state of america) HUA another story entirely.i went to a college though not a well known college becuase i could not pay for the real college so to say ., i studied computer engineering, i happened to be working on computer this day i came across this website(--------------------)i completed the application form there and the reply was unexpected.

HI
i always wanted to see a ducumentary such as Zambia (luka )really is educating and spledid though a sad story . this story reminded me about myself some years back, i am a Nigerian birth and bred in Nigeria but i’m in united state of america at the moment. atually, i have a story about myself that i may discribe abit related to lukas story.
i grew up in a poor family but truthfully saying not as bad as i may grade lukas to be. im the last borne in the family of 10 , not in the excluded of the parents . i happened to be the last borne the the family. not to be untold i saw lukas and the zambia people story i tell you i shared tears. i experienced not just being poor ,hungry but the pain of being victim of poverty and hunger.to make the long story short i and my other brothers and sisters grew up and sponsor ourselves in school by sellng fire wood and making a local powderd meal (garri)for sell. like i said at the long top of my story i am currently in USA (united state of america) HUA another story entirely.i went to a college though not a well known college becuase i could not pay for the real college so to say ., i studied computer engineering, i happened to be working on computer this day i came across this website(--------------------)i completed the application form there and the reply was unexpected.

A very educational film. Definitely an eye-opener. No mention is made about the narrator/person who made the documentary.  I think it is great that she did this. But it created more questions than answers.  What is the government doing to help the situation? What are the big and wealthy Multi-National companies doing to help? What is the United Nations doing to help.  Are there any foundations such as the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation helping?

A very provocative documentary.  I plan to use it in my high school American Lit and Wold Lit classes.  It is not, of course, completely balanced.  For instance, if we all quit donating our clothes tomorrow, these small business owners would have no way to make a living and they and their families would starve. Is it a crime that their own native textile and garment industries have been made obsolete?  Absolutely, yes.  The same has happened in the United States where many industries have failed due to outsourcing and moving factories to Mexico, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc, or where cheaper products (such as steel) can be purchased elsewhere. (And please don’t misunderstand that I am saying we are on the same playing field.) Also, the narrator/filmmaker is Australian.  I did not hear any nation being named as responsible for the economic woes of many countries in Africa other than the United States. In addition, no mention was made of Zambia’s leaders--where have they been?  Are they, too, reaping the benefits of terribly flawed economic and social policies and essentially abandoning their people?  And if anyone thinks that an attitude of some people being considered “throw-away” people is confined to those in Africa, re-think--the United States health care industry is already there in our own country regarding our own citizens.  This I have seen with my own eyes, and it will only get worse. That the IMF and World Bank have done irreparable harm is an established fact backed up by plenty of evidence all over the world.  However,they could not have done so without the complicit support, in this case,of Zambia’s leaders.I also wonder--why not forgive the debt which will never be paid back without the demise of Zambia?  Therein lies the answer. And by the way, what is being done with Zambia’s copper? Who controls/owns it? Something for me to research next.

VERY EDUCATIVE AND IT WOULD HEAL MY WOUNDS OF DESPAIR IF I COULD LEARN WHAT IS THE STATUS OF LUKA AND HIS FAMILY IN THIS YAER OF OUR LORD 2009.

What an eye-opener! I’ve been seeing more and more of those drop-off bins around that are not the familiar Salvation Army or Goodwill. I’ve even seen one that said “shoes for Africa” or something like that. I’ve been wondering if the clothes I put in those boxes would really be given to poor people in Africa. I now know that, while they may be going there, they might not be GIVEN to some poor villagers who have nothing to wear. Throughout the film, I went back and forth as to whether or not I wanted my donations to go to Africa. Do I want to contribute to the never-ending cycle of exploitation we have with the African people? Do I want to help people like young Luka make better lives for themselves? Do I want to contribute to the income of the people who are making such a huge profit from selling this clothing to these enterprising, yet impoverished people? Are there any organizations that collect clothing and actually GIVE them to poor people in Africa?
Perhaps more importantly, what does it say about our society that there’s such an abundance of cast-off clothing? I find it embarrassing to see that we are so wasteful when so many are thankful just to have a few pieces of clothing! Remember when our mothers used to say, when we didn’t finish our dinner, “Think of the poor, starving kids in Africa”? Well I think we should apply the same thought to our material goods. We have so much and appreciate so little.
This film was thought-provoking, informative and well put together. I plan on sharing it with my friends, family and co-workers.