First Country to Receive Assistance from Millennium Challenge Account is Featured in New Documentary

Washington, D.C. - June 14, 2005

Finding Balance: Forests and Family Planning in Madagascar, an award-winning 9-minute documentary by Population Action International, explores the work of Voahary Salama—an innovative local organization that works to reduce pressure on the environment while improving the health of the country’s population—and features rare interviews with local women who reveal their desire to have smaller families.

The content of the film, which draws attention to the impact of rapid population growth on the country’s rural villages by offering a look at its fragile ecosystem, approaches poverty in Madagascar from a vital human perspective.

If you are covering the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the work being done to eradicate poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, Finding Balance is a must-see.

Population Action International (PAI) works to improve individual well-being and preserve global resources by mobilizing political and financial support for population, family planning and reproductive health policies and programs.