PBS Releases Rick Steves' Video on Hunger in Ethiopia, Guatemala

Addressing a Bread for the World audience in Washington in June of 2019, travel writer Rick Steves spoke about a program he produced that connects the impact of climate change and hunger. To produce this documentary, Steves traveled to Guatemala and Ethiopia. We recorded a portion of his comments at a Bread Lobby Day reception.

"I want to empower development in the hungry world, to be able to develop in a way that is less impactful in a negative way to climate change. There are a lot of desperate people in desperate countries,..so that just to live, they have to deforest, they have to abuse their soil," he said. 

The program, "Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala," made its premiere on PBS on March 31.  



In this hour-long special, Rick Steves travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty and its solutions, including smart development aid, empowering women, child nutrition, and education.