What kind of world do I want to live in? Think about this question a lot. For our generation and for specifically my group of people, which is refugees, the circumstances might dismantle any vision of the future that we have. You're trying to rebuild. You're trying to make a future for yourself. And then the climate-related disaster come and you start again. It's not about how it's affecting you now.  First step to understand is that we're all a part of it. None of us are going to be left out by the crisis. We're at a stage where if we don't act now, really, there won't be very much left. There are generations that will never see certain things that we grew up seeing in real life. We have to start treating this like the emergency it is to achieve the 17 sustainable development goals. We have to go from an intention to a serious commitment. Business leaders really need to rethink how they conduct their business and invest in creating systems that are climate-friendly. The action I would like to see is accountability. Structures being put in place where countries aren't just asked to do something, but they're kept accountable to the decisions that they make. There has to be that strong collaboration between government, between corporations, between youth activists to drive change forward. The world I would want to live in is a world where imagining the future is not a privilege. I want to live in a world where people do not give up on hope. Hope that a positive change is possible. The fact that you're listening today means that you are willing to make a change. Good morning, good afternoon. Structural factors of diverse nature continue to hinder the sustainable development potential in Central American nations. Responsible investments, good governance, and innovative public-private collaboration are key to effectively tackle economic, social, security, and environmental challenges. As it is also important to build local capacities for the long term in order to address root causes that have triggered high migration flows, particularly from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. As it is a fundamental importance to ensure a humanitarian treatment of migrants and to protect and respect their human rights, it is also critical to understand the circumstances they're fleeing from to develop adequate responses to resolve them in their own home countries. Various business and civil society leaders joined the United States by President's call to action last May, resulting in a comprehensive public private strategy that would involve the commitment of local and international resources to support the region's efforts for its long-term progress. The World Economic Forum participated in the call to action, and it's contributing particularly in seeking ways to catalyze economic opportunities. Today's conversation aims to identify and scale up opportunities and build local capacities for the long term, highlighting the importance of establishing public-private partnerships for Central America, mainly focused on creating inclusive and sustainable economic opportunities, building a skilled workforce for better remunerated jobs, and leveraging the forum's Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies Network to accelerate social and economic development. We're very pleased to have with us today Salvador Biguria, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader alumnus from Guatemala. Jonathan Fantini Porter is the executive director of a partnership for Central America. Guillaume Lecunf is the chief executive officer of Nestlé Nespresso SA, Switzerland. Emily Mandralla is the deputy assistant secretary of state of the United States government. And Maria Liliana Moore is the director of strategic partnerships and development of ProMujer. This session is on the record and is being webcasted. Good morning and good afternoon, everyone. Salvador, let me begin with you. In your capacity as a Central American leader from the private sector, but also actively involved in civil society, could you provide an overview of the Central American context and the root causes of migration from our own region's perspective? Salva, I think your mic is muted. Thank you. Thank you, Marisol, and the forum for this opportunity. I am sure many of you have heard of our country's context and root causes of migration, so I'll be brief. Although our countries have maintained stable economies over the last 20 years, economic growth has been insufficient and not inclusive enough to close the big income gaps that exist. The result has been a significant proportion of our populations are still unsuccessfully seeking jobs or income-generating opportunities. At the same time, we continue to have a very weak government institutions provided limited coverage of the most basic public services such as education, healthcare, clean water and sanitation and transportation. Corruption has been at the front and center of the weakening of our institutions. And the latest COVID-19 pandemic has evidence just how far these weaknesses go. In addition, as the World Waste Report recognizes, our Northern Triangle countries are some of the most at risk of multiple disasters such as hurricanes, flooding, volcano eruptions and earthquakes. And we have also some of the weakest capacities to react to some of these disasters. Lastly, without going too much into the matter, there is the impact of drug trafficking in Oregon and in the region. So adding all of this up and to exemplify, if you were, for example, a farmer in the Guatemala's Western Highlands, it is very likely your children are more chronically malnourished. You have very limited access to educational healthcare. Your home region is surrounded by drug traffickers and the agricultural products you produce are not very competitive to be sold in the local or export markets. And if a hurricane or natural disaster would come by and eliminate your harvest, what would be the logical alternatives for somebody in that position, hence migration? And to make matters more complicated, migration provides a feedback loop through the huge flow of remittances, increasing the incentives for people to risk the journey north. And these incentives have continued to be increased in the United States while incentives to remain have not. To not close in such a green note, we must notice that our countries are still blessed with many natural resources. You're ideally placed in the backyard of the world's biggest market with access to both coasts and also with a trade agreement in place. We have world-class tourist destinations, extremely hardworking people and population sizes that allow for impactful projects to scale, in short periods of time. It is in the middle of this gap between the reality of our countries and the opportunities we have in front of us that the call to action, the partnership for Central America and the World Economic Forum's efforts can be transformative forces, catalyzing international resources and bringing best-in-class solutions to partner with local actors to change our countries' current reality. Thank you. Thank you, Salvador. Thank you for that brief overview that describes quite well the situation in Central America. Emily, you also bring a notable understanding of the region and notable experience on migration issues. What is the United States government's vision, purpose and the scope of the United States vice-presidents call to action that it was shared in May of 2021, a few months ago? Thank you so much, Marisol, and thank you for inviting me to participate in this event. Thanks to the World Economic Forum for convening all of us to talk about economic development that is equitable, inclusive, and sustainable. I think it is clear to all of us here that none of us alone can create conditions needed to lift up Central America. The U.S. government's diplomatic engagement and foreign assistance are useful tools but are not enough for lasting equitable growth that will give Central Americans the hope they need to build a future at home. The region needs broad private sector investment and job growth. Simply put, it needs partners like all of you. The U.S. government recently released our new root causes strategy for Central America. The strategy identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates government actions to improve conditions in the region. The strategy has five pillars, each of which reinforces the other. Pillar one, addressing economic insecurity and inequality. Pillar two, combating corruption, strengthening democratic governance and advancing the rule of law. Pillar three, promoting respect for human rights, labor rights, and a free press. Pillar four, countering and preventing violence, extortion, and other crimes perpetrated by criminal gangs, trafficking networks, and other criminal organizations. And pillar five, combating sexual, gender-based, and domestic violence. Generally, people think of private sector engagement fitting exclusively into the first pillar about addressing economic insecurity and inequality, but I think we all understand that the private sector benefits from improvements in governance, pillar two, and security, pillar four, and has a direct impact on labor rights, pillar three. In addition, positive change in one area can create positive change in the others. The current political and economic systems in each country exist and function the way they do because they benefit people in power. All too often, that means many Central Americans are excluded from realizing their own potential. Small businesses aren't given the opportunity to grow. Marginalized communities find it hard to access business financing, for example. If we want to effect change, we need to change these incentive structures. It's not a small task, and it's one that requires a united front to make real change. As organizations invest in Central America, they help expand economic opportunity, but those investments can also be leveraged to advocate for critical governance reforms. The US government, the private sector, and civil society can and should have a unified message when we advocate for investment climate reforms in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and we should be specific when we talk about tangible benefits governance reforms would bring. Additionally, the private sector can make moves that quickly impact the economic system. You have the economic power to isolate corrupt actors in business and the private sector and choose to only partner with companies that are good actors. This could range from ceasing partnership with corrupt actors to ending contracts with factories that exploit workers to expanding efforts to support small entrepreneurs. This real movement of dollars away from bad actors to support non-corrupt actors is critical to help increase economic quality in the region. We know how critical and also how hard this is. We know that we cannot end all corruption in Central America, but we can make strides to isolate the worst actors, improve the business climate, and guide these governments in society these towards sensible reforms that will lead to better governance and greater prosperity to benefit all Central Americans. We can help provide more opportunities for young Central Americans to build their futures in Central America and to strengthen their communities. But we can only do this if we all work together. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you so much, Emily. That is indeed a very ambitious plan. It's doable if we have the right actors working together, collaborating towards the same ends. And that is precisely what the partnership for Central America that Jonathan leads aims at if through delivering long-term solutions consistent with a call of action, bringing public and private sector leaders together to take a net of collaborative role. What are the partnership's priorities and achievements so far, Jonathan? Certainly, Marisol, and thank you so much for bringing us all together here in the forum. It's the convening of the conversation around the topic of such suggestions at this time. In short, Marisol, the partnership for Central America is a coalition of now about 75 multinational corporations and others who are collectively working together to support impact in Central America around a set of seven key objective areas. Emily laid out a number of the strategic focus areas that the US government is prioritizing as we look to the US government's strategic focus in the region. Similarly, the partnership for Central America is structured around a set of similar priorities to include manufacturing and support around job creation to support areas of private potential economic impact, healthcare, education, areas of energy, financial and digital inclusion. And so as we look to some of the areas that the US government is prioritizing, the partnership for Central America is working to support Vice President Kamala Harris call to action around private sector impact in the region around these seven key areas. Over the last 90 days or so, since the Vice President's call to action was issued, this coalition of private sector actors have come together with a specific set of outcomes which we've seen deployed in the region. So far as we think about the direct impact, Microsoft, for example, has begun rolling out programs to support their top line goal of delivering digital inclusion to four million households for the next three, four years. Similarly around financial inclusion, MasterCard and partners in the financial inclusion realm are working to produce the number of unbanked five million individuals. We're grateful and look forward to hearing from the CEO of Nespresso who in partnership with a number of colleagues in the agricultural sector are making significant strides and commitments in this space to view the agricultural sector as a specific area of opportunity, deliver impact and improve the livelihood of individuals in the region. So there across these seven pillars, Matisola and the partners of Central America has brought together a set of private sector philanthropic and other civil society that deliver against the top line set of goals that aspire to reduce unemployment by 15% to create three million jobs and to support a target per capital level of 8,000 over these coming 10 years. And so across those top line goals, we're working towards a set of specific outcomes across each of those seven. But I think what Emily noted in the idea of really the multi-sectoral approach to this becomes so critical, particularly in this region. The partnership as a group of private sector and civil society actors can only be successful if this initiative is driven in a coordinated fashion across all pillars of both private, public and civil society actors. So in that sense, the partnership aspires to continue to grow and to act as a tent to bring together partners across multiple sectors and deliver the inspired income and impact that we all hope to achieve in the region. So with that I'll just thank you very much for the opportunity here and very much looking forward to this conversation. Thank you, Jonathan. All the recent achievements are very impressive. The call of action happened only four months ago. And indeed those targets are quite ambitious. We would love to hear from Guillaume what is Nespresso's commitment through the partnership for Central America and what is that potential transformative impact of this effort in improving livelihoods, creating jobs, fostering economic development so that people may thrive and rise to the full potential in their own home countries. Guillaume, please. Thank you, Marisol. And thank you for having me. So glad to join this conversation. So before talking about commitment I want to come back to what we started to discuss with John back in April this year. Trying to find out what kind of commitment or what kind of contribution we could bring to this effort that we applaud, by the way. It's not that we were starting from scratch. We've been sourcing coffee from Guatemala since more than 2005. But we said there is an opportunity here. We have studies and we conducted studies with our nonprofit partners showing that when you take care of farmers at farm level and you bring the technical assistance and access to market, we found out a 38% decrease in intention to migrate when we do it and we get it right at farm level. So we started from there and talking with Jonathan and say, what can we do? And we identified actually three areas where we would like to focus. The first one is expand. You know, we've been sourcing coffee from Guatemala not from Honduras and El Salvador but we committed to double the volumes we're gonna buy from the regions. Not only Guatemala where we can open and have new clusters in the region but also from Honduras. I'm happy to report and John knows that. That's I tested my first Nespresso coffee from Honduras two weeks ago which tastes amazingly great. So happy to share this great news. It's concrete. It was in the cup and El Salvador is coming soon hopefully but expanding the number of farmers we are working with bringing technical assistance having more presence on the ground more agronomies working with farmers on a day-to-day basis and giving access to market. There is no way we can be successful if we work at farm level but we don't give access to international market to these farmers. In our case, being directly connected to end consumers is pretty easy. At least it's feasible to work at farm level and guarantee an access to market for the farmers. The second pillar that goes together with expanding is protecting. Protecting and de-risking. We see two risks we need to face here. One, price volatility. We have to protect these farmers from price volatility and worldwide market communities by guaranteeing a farm gate price. The second one is climate volatility. We have to protect farmers from any risk. You mentioned hurricanes, earthquakes all these disasters that have to be taken into account so that farmers will not be hot at least trying to protect them. So we have a crop insurance platform that will guarantee farmers from any risk and guarantee their revenue on their crop no matter what is happening. And the last pillar we want to focus on is gender equality. We know in the region from the research we had that 88% of women would love, would be keen to be more involved in coffee farming activities but they don't have access or they're not there but there are too many barriers. We need to remove these barriers and give them access to training, access to farming. This is the third pillar. So we're already in action. We started. We have new farmers coming in the program. It's starting small and we'll have to learn but we are very, very honored and very happy to bring some contribution to these efforts. Thank you Guillaume. As a Salvadoran citizen, I can attest the quality and great taste of Salvadoran coffee. I hope to drink Salvadoran espresso sometime soon. And to your last point, it's a great segue to invite Maria Liliana Morrof from Moher to share their work as civil society and as social entrepreneurs to complement that approach. That indeed in providing access if we're women into this sectors is will require a cultural change which is feasible if we are able to give the right tools and prepare the whole society to enable women into being part of this important agricultural sectors for the region. So Maria Liliana, the role of social entrepreneurs and civil society's active participation and development efforts is indeed key. But Moher's endeavors offering financial health and skills building services specifically for low income women in Latin America have had a very important impact. What are the goals set by Moher through its commitment with a partnership for Central America? Thank you, Marisol. Thank you the rest of panels. We're really happy to be here today. First of all, yeah, the role of civil society and social entrepreneurs and even community or grassroots organizations is crucial for the Central American Partnership and the work we're gonna do in the Northern Triangle. Why? And this is super important because they are the ones that know luckily what is needed. They know the pain points. They have the connections with local leaders. They really are the ones that can tell us what we need to do. And if we don't work together with them, the plan will fall apart. So I truly believe as Emily and Jonathan say that we should encourage the SDG-17 that is working in multi-sectoral partnerships. So government, private sector, civil society and even academia. No hardware is part also of the partnership and it is important to bring the academia on board but not only academia from the United States but also what they're discovering in these countries. What are the findings? And what we have done lately in the past four months or five months is we're having one-on-one conversations and what we call cafecitos virtuales or virtual gatherings with community-based organizations, second level NGOs, universities and entrepreneurs in the region. So I can give you an example. We have been working closely with Wacami. Wacami is an organization that works in rural areas in Guatemala and what they're trying is to support women and art organizations and coffee growers so that they can connect to international markets and local markets. As Nexpreso says, like if you give them the skills, technical skills to run their entrepreneurship ventures and you give them the tools to increase their agency and decision-making is important but if we not connect them to markets even in Guatemala and the North Triangle in the region and international, everything will fall apart. So we're hearing their needs. For example, we're talking with CERES is a community-based indigenous organization and they say how you can learn about our culture and our ways of living and our ways of producing but you can provide us with detailed skills. We need detailed skills. But as Jonathan said, if we don't bring Microsoft Airband Initiative to bring connectivity, so how are we gonna connect these women? So you have to be a multi-stakeholder approach for this to work. Like we cannot work alone. We have to work in a partnerships and I think that's what the partnership for Central America is trying to do. Articulate and coordinate the efforts and talking about promo hair roll and commitments. So we say like we wanna reach 3 million people and we don't say only women because women are a multiplier effect in their communities and their families. So why we wanna work not only in financial inclusion but have been one of the most important area of promo hair. Yeah, we wanna provide with these women with loans. For example, some of the women are telling us, okay, we're producing, manufacturing, art crafts, but I put it in a market. I put it in a consignment place but then I have to produce more and I don't have the money to buy that raw material. So I need loans. I need loans to be able to have that raw material and produce more. So that's one case. All the women are telling us, we're in debt. After the pandemic, the hurricane eruption in Guatemala, we were not able to do that much. So I need credit lines. We need also the support in technical assistance. So we have the skills to be able to continue growing and where you're in debt, they're saying like we cannot even buy nutritious food. So our kids are malnourished. We're not eating correctly and our health indicators are bad. Diabetes is rising up. So that's why promo hair brings a holistic approach, not only in financial inclusion, it's bringing health and supporting health and specific it using technology. We're using telemedicine and chatbots to support women and their families with COVID related information, with chronic disease and either breast cancer screening. So we're combining this approach with what we call a skilling or up-skilling and restilling women entrepreneurs so they can really tap into the markets that have the potential to grow. Thank you, Maria. That is really exciting and very necessary not only in Central America, but in the rest of the region and in the rest of the world, kudos for the work you do for providing access to women in these very important fields. Emily, we have heard about this very encouraging commitments from multi-stakeholders leaders. How does this new endeavor differ from past United States cooperation efforts in the region? Thank you for that question, Marisol. The US government has been and continues to be committed to Central America. We place a priority on creating economic opportunity, combating corruption, promoting human rights and improving citizen security in Central America. One thing that's different, the Biden-Harris administration has created new pillars in our strategic approach to the region to make it clear that human rights, reducing gender-based violence are key to our strategy and all the while we are staying laser focused on our efforts to combat corruption in these countries. We believe that anti-corruption initiatives are really a foundational approach to our strategic efforts in the region. We are also working to mitigate the impacts of climate change in part by helping farming communities adapt their agricultural practices to new weather patterns, for example. We're continually looking for new ways to engage in the region and make progress on our shared goals of a democratic, prosperous and safe region. And I will say that this administration is committed at the absolute highest levels to a new approach to Central America and one that centers our values. Emily, that is extremely important and you mentioned climate change. We have been listening to this week's debate at the United Nations where many of the commitments are focused on enhancing cooperation, for sustainability. Let's address this global concern in the context of our conversation as well. Guillaume, the coffee industry is not only key for the Central American economies but for the social and economic welfare of thousands of Central American families employed in this sector. Sustainability and innovation are at the core of Nespresso's DNA, carrying an important potential social and economic transformative power. What are Nespresso's current corporate sustainability priorities? Well, first of all, I just wanted to start with framing what we mean by sustainability. Years ago, we would look at sustainability as a necessity to have a sustainable supply chain. And after a year, we found out that it's an amazing opportunity for everybody in the value chain, not only for us and driving innovation but also improving livelihood and sustainability at farm level is actually absolutely key to our brand promise. We will never sell any empty castles in the world. We are out of business if the farmers don't stay and continue and keep going in coffee. So it's as simple as that. It's not only the right thing to do but it's the only way to be successful as a business moving forward. And I must say it's a great news. It's a great news that we have to really engage deeply in the sustainability topic at farm level if we want to succeed in business. So we've been working now for more than 20 years with farmers around the world, more than 100 farmers everywhere in the world. It's a day-to-day collaboration with farmers. We see the progress. We see the impact. We believe in coffee. We believe and we see coffee as a real force for good. And again, it's also, we have to say humble. There are a lot of challenges.   It's a long-term journey. We're starting in this region as we started in many other regions but we saw the impact and we saw the potential. So that's it. Let's start working and moving. Thank you Guillaume. And that is music to our ears. You know that the multi-stakeholder capitalism concept is at the very core of our work at the World Economic Forum and the creation of a standard set of metrics that is applicable for corporations from different sectors and across geographies is one of the important contributions that the forum is now making into this movement for ESG reporting. And as we have heard, the PCA brings together multi-stakeholder leaders from promoting public and private but also local and international partnerships. Maria was very clear in also highlighting the importance of this multi-stakeholder approach. Local leadership is absolutely essential to drive positive change. So let me go back to Salvador and ask him how the Guatemalan private sector is committed to attaining its own responsibilities on environmental sustainability and innovation and also social inclusion. Salvador, we'd love to hear from you. Thank you, Marisol. First of all, within the private sector, we recognize that the current situation is unsustainable, both socially and environmentally. So we must do something about it. And us as Guatemalans are responsible to solve our own problems. That said, and to Emily's and Mariana's point, we also acknowledge that some of the challenges are too big, so we celebrate the partnership and conversations like this one where you bring different stakeholders on the table to try to find solutions to issues that affect both the regions. That said, in the middle of 2020, within the private sector, we saw both the economic crisis that was upon us but also the opportunity that was unfolding as many of the world's supply chains were being disruptive and how the United States would make a push to ensure many critical services and production capabilities. In this context, our countries are ideally positioned to take advantage of the potential opportunity surfacing. At the time and working together very closely with public entities, the Guatemalan private sector contracted McKinsey to help us develop a very focused plan to take advantage of this window of opportunity. The idea was not to engage in a very high-level long-term vision-type project, but we wanted to have a more concrete, focused, short-term plan that could be implemented to attract investment, generate more inclusive jobs, and in a way, restructure our economies. The result we now call the Guatemala Moving Forward Plan and within it, there are multiple sectors that have certain advantages that could allow them to increase export and jobs within the short-term, but we also know that we have to increase the capabilities, capacities, and move along the value chain to generate higher-paying jobs. So we identified a series of sectors where if you were able to bring in investment and technical capabilities to our countries, we would be able to do that. That's why in listening to Guillaume, it's exactly the type of work that we need to do in order to bring those capabilities locally and be able to add value to our products. Among the sectors that were identified were certain pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electronic manufacturing services, and BPO and programming services. So we definitely need to increase both the technical capabilities of the people in Guatemala, but also the training capabilities so that we can multiply the amount of people that are able to program, speak English, and have some of these competencies that are needed for the new higher-paying jobs. We believe this framework can be the basis for an international public-private partnership to accelerate economic growth in our country. So that's one of the key efforts that the private sector has done. We also recognize that there are multiple other spaces where we can contribute. One that was mentioned is the access to financing to some of the small and growing businesses. So within the group that I work at, we're partnering with USAID and Andif for the launch of an impact investment fund, looking to support such small and growing businesses. One example, one of the companies that we're already supporting is Wakamis. So I'm very glad to hear from Maria Liliana that we had that in place. And I'll just end by mentioning that we also understand that none of these efforts can be sustained. We don't strengthen the capabilities of our government's institutions. Emily mentioned corruption. And we know that we have to contribute and Emily mentioned very well different ways that the private sector can collaborate. We have a series of projects in place, such as one to improve the efficiency and the transparency of healthcare procurement. We are also working together with public and private entities to try to reduce chronic malnutrition. But we know that more must be done to make significant impact and reduce the huge gaps we currently still have in our countries. Thank you. Time. But let's have a final take from each one of you. One minute each please. Let's begin with you, Jonathan. How can other companies and organization adhere to Vice President Himala Harris's effort? John, I think you're muted. If you couldn't mute yourself. Thank you. Follow the overused word of 2021. So just very briefly noting the time. So thank you and thank you to everyone again for the gathering. In short order, I think the question of how to get involved and how to support the Vice President's call to action around private sector impact in the region. The partnership very aptly named really intends to be that attempt to gather partners, organizations across the society to have impact. So just in very short order, what I will say is that we have a set of events coming up hosted by the Vice President as well as our colleagues across the U.S. government that intend to bring together additional partners to support this effort. Espresso and Guillaume leading that and the Vice President's efforts around agriculture has already brought together as an example that's partners across the sectors, including Bayer, Cargill and others to support a collective and coordinated approach to agriculture and general agricultural strategies. So in using that as an example of Guillaume's leadership and driving that to support Vice President's initiative, that's an example where replicating that model in the ring of the partner in for these efforts to include the digital inclusion, financial inclusion and other pillars. So I'll just say as we move ahead, we look for the bringing additional partners and development in Central America. So thanks very much for this opportunity, Espresso. Thank you, Jonathan. Guillaume from your personal and corporate engagement, what message can you share with other international companies considering to join efforts aligned with Vice President Harry's initiative?  We need to be ready for that. We need to stop acting now on where we can measure the impact on a day-to-day basis. That's what we can do now as Espresso. But as John was mentioning, we see a much broader potential if we go beyond coffee, beyond one brand. It's a partnership. So by expanding the partnership, we assess the potential of improving the prosperity of about 1.5 million people in the region. That's what we aim for. And obviously, there is not a chance to achieve this by ourselves or alone. We really need to bring all efforts, all willingness to contribute in the table. And I think the fact that it's led by the Vice President is a unique opportunity. And we have to leverage this force. If we want to achieve on our goal, which is, again, about one and a half million people we can help. Thank you very much. Those efforts are highly appreciated. Emily, beyond the pledge financial resources, the $4 billion to support this very ambitious plan, the attainment of the initiatives, objectives will definitely require broad ongoing support for the long-term. What are the key components for the continuation of these efforts? And how will the required support be ensured? Thank you so much. And thank you for this space and this forum to have this very important discussion. As I said, there is a commitment at the highest levels of the US government to approach Central America strategically and to do so with resources, with diplomatic engagement, with sustained engagement with important stakeholders, several of whom are part of this conversation today. Our goal in Central America is a democratic, prosperous and secure Central America to promote that through every tool available with the US government and working alongside important stakeholders. Our foreign assistance and our diplomatic engagement is but one tool to affect this goal. And we will necessarily continue to partner with private sector actors, civil society, non-governmental organizations, the people of Central America. And I think working together on the strategic approach that we have all outlined and come around together, we're unified in our vision, we can achieve these goals. Absolutely, thank you. That's very encouraging. Thank you, Emily. And Maria Liliana, from her perspective, what aspects can be enhanced to create that enabling environment to assist NGOs and social entrepreneurs in the attainment of the partnership's goals? So first, private sector and official aid, coordinator efforts, providing funding, direct funding to these organizations that are in the field, that are in the front line, that would be the first one. And I think something that is important, and I didn't cover in my last intervention, is gender lens investing and gender-based violence prevention. So Promujer is working in a fund, it's called the Elo Women's Empowerment Fund, and we're advising companies and investors of how to include gender lens strategies and gender equality in their investments. We have some of those companies are located, for example, in Guatemala and in Honduras. And the second one is about gender-based violence. Now, Guatemala, 159 femicides and more than 20,000 complaints of gender-based violence in 2021. So we have been creating, and we did it in Bolivia, a hotline, a hotline for women that have been really successful. And we wanna take that also to the Northern Triangle with that experience and take the best practices because that's needed. If we don't work in the mental health and well-being of these women, they will not be able to do the other things and invest in their entrepreneurship ventures. So I will say that that would be really important too. Yes, absolutely. A systemic approach on that, a very important challenge of not reducing but really finishing with gender-based violence is key and intergenerational efforts are also necessary so that this cultural habits do not transcend generations. So that is going to be a very, very valuable effort, Maria Liliana. And finally, Salvador, very, very short because we have already exceeded our time. But from your perspective, as a Central American visionary and responsible leader, what do you think are the top priorities to create opportunities for Central Americans to drive positive transformation in our region? Thank you, Maria. So very quickly, three priorities. First, we need to improve our infrastructure. We have very weak infrastructure systems and if we don't have that infrastructure, it won't be possible to attract investment and be competitive to generate economic growth and additional jobs. Second, we need more digitalization and innovation. We just simply cannot use legacy solutions that will take generations to blow some of the existing economic and social gaps. We need disruptive technical solutions that can lead to current situations and accelerate the speed of change. And we must incorporate our economies into the emerging technological sectors to be able to include more people in the different parts of the system. And lastly, we need a fair and functional justice system. We must combat corruption. And if we expect to have political governments that work, if we are going to attract investment and generate inclusive economic growth, our justice system must work. So I would focus on those three things and leverage the capacities of the different stakeholders in this call to be able to implement such changes. Thank you. Thank you, Salvador, always on point. And thank you all very much for these very valuable and inspiring contributions. We look forward to continue to collaborate in building resilient and sustainable economies with the aspiration of creating enabling environments in Central America that will allow its citizens to find opportunities and thrive in their own countries rather than being forced to leave. Visible change and concrete positive impact will restore trust and will bring back hope. Thank you very much. Thank you for all your contributions.


What's up everybody, I'm the Mangus, you were awesome and it's been a little bit since I've brought you any updates on Project Stamina. Quite a few members of the team packed up and headed to PAX, so the updates slowed down for just a little while they attended the event. They did, however, hold another playtest just before they left and I was once again lucky enough to participate. There have been several updates, some of them you'll see clearly in the footage, while others are internal improvements and one update in particular pertains to a brand new game mode. We're going to talk through these updates today as many of them, even the visible ones, have some underlying significance that requires elaboration. We'll then discuss a bit of the roadmap and what we can expect for the game in the coming year. By the way, if you want to take a look at some of their PAX adventures, you can check out the Project Stamina Instagram, linked in the video description below. Here's a nice picture of the members that were in attendance, good looking bunch there, much respect to Fancy's beard. I took the liberty of adding some of the Project Stamina heroes to the photo, and judge me, I was a little tipsy when I did that. Now let's talk about the playtest. The first thing you may notice is the kill counter at the top of the screen. That actually isn't a kill counter, but is instead a score counter, an important distinction as it affects the game modes moving forward. Which brings us to the highlight of this video. Project Stamina has revealed not only the name, but some of the mechanics for their newest game mode. Instead of being called Quick Play or Team Deathmatch, it would be called Tribute, and will have its own separate objectives, mechanics, and strategies. The first team to a score of 50, or whatever number they end up deciding on, will win the match with not only kills contributing to the score, but also controlling areas and completing objectives. I really like this play, and not only does it provide a focal point for combat, but it allows everyone to contribute in some way, shape, or form. If you find yourself simply outclassed by your opponents, you can switch to a more objective based style of gameplay. If you or someone on your team is a little less skilled than the rest, they can still get a sense of achievement and participate in the win by holding down the fort. But mainly, it's just nice to have an incentive to fight in certain areas. Tribute will be a nice addition to the game for five players that may not have time to play the main game with an option that is still competitive, fun, and interesting in its own way. This actually isn't the first implementation of the score counter. This is a reintroduction of the mechanic they had before with some significant upgrades. It's been rebuilt in such a way that it will make it easy for projects to have to implement special seasonal and event-based game modes. It's also a building block for a player workshop, but that isn't something we're going to see for a very long time. You'll notice this to be a trend in these updates, building modular and scalable systems that will provide a basis for implementing new features and improvements in the future and getting them done faster. It seems like a fitting strategy for a game that aims to be the spiritual successor to Gigantic. It's kind of like starting with a great base ability, then branching out and upgrading to accommodate the needs of the user. More information on the Tribute game mode will be discussed in the next dev stream in early to mid-April. You can also see an addition of damage numbers on hit. This also applies to healing as well. A small change, yet a welcome one, as it lets you know when you're landing shots. They currently don't plan to implement balance changes, so pay no attention to the actual damage dealt. These play tests are designed to look for bugs, test out new systems, and make sure the servers can handle multiple players online. Balance patches will come in due time when they are deemed necessary. There were also some improvements made to character movement. They manually patched in the root motion task system slated for introduction in the as yet unreleased 4.25 version of the Unreal Engine. Root motion gives them a framework for movement options and negates the need for having to write new code. A good example of this can be found in Matani's right click ability called Ballon. The way it used to work was you could target an ally and jump to their location. Now the ability allows her to track to the targeted character and follow them even if they dash away. A significant improvement that better embodies the supportive nature of this ability. Using root motion will also allow them to introduce new characters faster by having set movement logic already in place. They introduced an interact system that can be used for future aspects of the game, but for now you can see it at work when you channel these orbs situated around the map. These orbs will provide some as yet undetermined team-wide buffs, but for now they will simply give 100% ultimate charge. Currently the only hero with a functional ultimate is Matani. This is another big change from the last play test. Once you or someone on your team channels the orb, Matani can use her ultimate called Down Draft to blast a massive area with wind, cleansing debuffs from allies while dealing damage and knocking enemies back a significant distance. You can sweep in with Balon, blast everyone with Down Draft, then sit back and take a sip of tea from your ducky mug. Another one that you could feel more than see is a rewrite to their connection logic. Again, this was done to make that particular system modular for reuse in future game modes. The connection logic applies to like matchmaking or bringing you back into a game. There are several functions for the connection logic. It's worth noting that much of the gameplay you see here is unrealistic. They sped up health and stamina region as well as lowering the cooldowns on abilities to provide an environment that is better for testing. Things like building a fort out of Kyra mines won't be possible in the actual game. Come into my explosions. Stop. Stop. Stop.  Kyra is still represented by the Gumbi man placeholder. While I really look forward to having our furious fighting Phenic Fox's appearance and animations added to the game, I kinda wanna see the Gumbi man as a playable hero. Maybe he could be the ultimate random pick, takes on the ability set of a different character each time he spawns. So what does Project Stamina have in store for us in the future? Before they launch their alpha, they want to introduce Geist, Notch, and Cake to the roster. Cake being the community created character. One of the perks of becoming a patron to Project Stamina is that you get to vote on various aspects of Cake, everything from attitude to abilities. The addition of Geist will also come with AI controller since he summons undead warriors to fight for him. The NPC AI functionality will also be applied to summonable map elements. There are several gameplay mechanics that they want to introduce, jump attacks to the back of a character and flicking a slow, selectable omen abilities, ultimates for the rest of the lineup, and the additional orb effects like buffs. They also plan to update the UI and perform great box testing for a second map. On the back end, they're going to update their build processes for better optimization, improve build times, and an updated launcher that includes auto-patching. So as you can see, while the team has come a very long way, they still have several challenges ahead of them. As I've said from the beginning though, prior proper planning is going to carry the day for Project Stamina. By taking time to build modular processes now, they will be able to implement changes at a much faster pace in the future. They're currently laying the track to ensure that our already steaming engine continues to pick up speed. The momentum provided by the groundwork they are laying now will turn this game into an unstoppable juggernaut of fun. Grab yourself a ticket and hop on this train now. It's going to be a wild ride. For more information about Project Stamina, you can refer to the social media links in the video description below, as well as in a pinned comment to make things easier for folks watching on their phones. For now, this is the Mangoo signing off. You guys, have a good one. Mangoo's. If you're looking for some more content about Project Stamina, I suggest checking out Cruf. She just did a video about Project Stamina. It is absolutely amazing and I'm kinda jealous of her video editing skills.


Ya, ya, ya... Mi wakame kwa kata kia maeli wakamia Kwa maeli kwa kata, mami nani ikuikia We can make decisions as our first leader, though they handed over the leadership too. But I don't know why Naksu Mandela is more market taken than Maori Matama. Mandela is everywhere. That's a story for another day. Yeah. But you see, but what makes me sad and happy I hear. But what makes me sad and happy I hear. With our leadership, our haters. Yes. What makes me sad is that up to this day, we explained people of South Africa are not being taught the right history. Yes. Hence our people do not understand how much other African countries were involved in us getting freedom. Freedom. And now we are the ones that are calling them queregueres, telling them to go back where they come from. If our leaders have a responsibility to make sure that even in our school syllabus, we are taught the correct history. Yes. We are not just taught the right person that discovered Africa. We need to know who was there in the struggle with us. Kwa Soniwa Nani, this is Tenjiwa, South African comedian and actress. And today we are in Zambia, Lusaka at one of the most iconic heritage homes. I'm taking my dear friend and fellow YouTuber. Thank you so much. She is from South Africa, but right now, are you in South Africa or Zambia? I'm in South Africa. In Zambia. A lot of people don't know that we have South Africa in Zambia. So we are at one of our iconic historical heritage homes where our first and the longest-saving president of the African National Congress, Mr. Oliver Reginald Tambo, if you've been to Johannesburg Airport, it's named after him, O. R. Tambo. And I'm taking, what am I, to see? I'm talking to Koran today. Did you know about Oliver Tambo? It's my first time hearing the name Oliver Tambo. And I was told that he's no longer available, so may your soul rest in perfect peace. But today I'm going to know more about you. You are about to know a lot more about our hero, Mr. Oliver Reginald Tambo. Wa haf. Wa haf is beautiful. It is beautiful. Ya, of course, welcome to Oliver Tambo Heritage House. This is the Heritage House, which was declared in 2017. The house that, of course, kept the great man of South Africa for 22 years in Zambia. As you know of us, we know that this was ANC president for 24 years. So the president of ANC, in the time of his exile, he was in Zambia. And this was one of his base house. Orlala, we'll say, the state house for Mr. Tambo. The time was ANC president. So he lived here for 22 years, came in Zambia and left Zambia in 1990 on the 13th of December. Of course, that was after all the people that were arrested on political grounds were released. And everyone that was in exile was allowed to go back to South Africa. So most of the things, most of the plans for the ANC, the way it is today was happening from Zambia and from this house. So this is the downstairs house. It's an upstairs house, of course. His main bedroom was upstairs. So in this room, of course, we're talking about his every life, his every political life. As you can see there, we're talking about when he was born, where he was born, to whom he was born, his father was Mr. Mzimen Tambo. The mother of Oliver Tambo was Mr. Julia Tambo. Who was the third wife of Mr. Tambo? So Mr. Tambo was born from the third wife of Mr. Mzimen Tambo. The man had four wives, of course. So it took him to have the third wife to have this hero. So imagine if he married only one wife. Mr. Tambo would have not been here today talking about him. We're trying to say that for the coming... It's an encouragement. Maybe from your first wife. No hero born. I'm planning to marry fifty-five last time. So of course, we're also talking about his every political life. Of course, his struggle for liberation, we can take it back from his unity, for ten years in his unity. When together of the Otase Sulu, the Nelson Mandela, they also organized a student strike that was in 1942. And Tambo at that time was expelled from school. And then in 1942 he went back to his former secondary school, where he went to teach mathematics and science at St. Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg. So he went there as a teacher. So Mr. Tambo was a teacher as well as a lawyer by profession to the end of Nelson Mandela. So of course from there Mr. Tambo's life of political career started. He was together of the Nelson Mandela, they formed the NC Youth League in 1943. And he was elected as the first national secretary of the NC Youth League. 1948 became a member of the Central Committee of the NC Party. So he was rising like that from there Mr. Tambo. He was elected secretary general of the NC when the Otase Sulu at that time was arrested and banned from politics. So Otase Sulu at that time was SD of the Central Committee of the NC Party. So when he was arrested and of course banned from politics, Mr. Tambo took over from him as secretary general. So in 1958 they also banned the NC president, Mr. Chief Albert Ritori from participating in any political activity in South Africa. Then the NC introduced a new position in the party which was called the deputy president and Mr. Tambo was elected deputy president of the party. So after the death of Chief Albert Ritori, Mr. Tambo was actually elected as acting president of the NC till 1967. So he saved as NC president from 1967 to 1991. That is a period of 24 years. In 1991 when he went back to South Africa he handed over to Nelson Mandela to continue because of course he was tired at that time. He had his best stroke from Zambia. He went back, he never gave up the fight even when he was working stick. The second stroke. The second stroke in 1993 of course that lead to his death back in South Africa. So he died at the age of 75. So South Africa celebrated the feast in Venice. So of course my question to this man is imagine if Tambo was alive until 1990. Who would have been the president of South Africa? You. Can you please ask him to introduce yourself? So there's our colleagues here who you are. My name is Edward Hukwani. I'm a South African citizen. When did you come to Zambia and how did you come? I came to Zambia in 1976. And because? I ran away from South Africa. Wow! So what's this man? Me and Tambo here at 1.8 Mr. Tambo in this place was one of our very innocent political struggle heroes who fought for the freedom that we now enjoy in Zambia. I looked after this man for close to 5-6 years. Inside here. And passing info, the main airport in South Africa, Johannesburg Airport is named after Mr. Tambo. It's O-R Tambo International Airport. So when you come to South Africa. I'm coming. You're coming right now in South Africa? Yes. But I'll go to the real one. This is the intro before I go to the real South Africa. You can see through the house. Of course we'll go this way. Of course this is the time that Mr. Tambo was saying bye to Zambia and going back to Africa. After 30 years of not being allowed to go home to see your family. After 30 years of not being allowed to go home to see your family. After 30 years of not being allowed to go home to see your family. His wife was not here. She was not here with him. He was there with the ANC leaders. There were about 12,000 ANC people who were here in exile. Accomodated by Zambia. So this was the visit of Mr. Nelson Mandela. Of course after his release. The first country visited in Africa was Zambia. So he visited Zambia on 11th of July 1990. I appreciate Mr. Kawanda there. Of course to see his colleagues. For the fight that he has put on. And choose Africa. Celebrates the prison of course. So this is one of the... One of the people downstairs. And of course on this picture we'll see Oda Sisu meeting Kuliba Tambo. For the first time after he was released from prison. Mr. Oda Sulu was the center general of the ANC as well. So they met in Stockholm at the Sweden. After he was also released. These are 12 great leaders that don't need any introduction to you sir. The Oda Tambo, Mr. Oda Sulu and Mr. Nelson Mandela. We know them very well. So we don't know what they were doing. Maybe they were singing a national theme. Aman! The top color. It's the black people of South Africa. The black people of South Africa. The green, it means the green vegeterini. The vegetation. And the yellow it means all the colors of South Africa. So it is at the complete house. There is a kitchen here upstairs. This is the spare bedroom. The upstairs is the wife of Mr. Tambo. Madam Adre Tambo. Of course she never visited Zambia. Definitely coming here and see the husband. She was all alone with the children in London. So Mr. Tambo would only communicate with the wife on call. Maybe meet at the airport. For 30 good days. For 30 good days they were separated. These people just to make sure that South Africa today celebrates. And enjoy their freedom. And of course the entire continent of Africa. Yes. So you can see it through there. This is just the bathroom upstairs. Okay. This is the time that Mr. Tambo of course alive back South Africa. You can see he is being dragged by the ANC supporters in the background. One of the living room upstairs. These are hot stones. Which were built here in the time Mr. Tambo was in Zambia. So that's one of the many ways that Mr. Tambo was brought across to the world. That's what he wanted. Seeking a democratic and non-niratio society. To see when the time was even putting in his new central committee members he allowed Indians colors to be part of the ANC leadership. He never wanted to change any color out of South Africa. He wanted people to come together. Work together. Dispart of different colors. Might be a white person. An Indian. Less work together. As one people. That was really what Mr. Tambo was working for. And fighting against the upper third of what that was in South Africa. This is the main bedroom here. So this was the main bedroom for Mr. Tambo. This is where I sleep and dream about South Africa.  The Oliver Tambo with Mandela. And we have Alex Tambo there. The wife to Mr. Tambo. Ya. So it's the Oliver Tambo gift from Kantolo to the world. So he was born in Kantolo village. Like we already downstairs there. He was born from Kantolo village. So that's where he came from. From a village. To a halo of course. The lesson for today is learn to sacrifice. If Oliver Tambo sacrificed his freedom. His love life. His family. Just for us to be free today. And you can't even sacrifice a pair of shoes. Old shoes for your neighbor who's working barefoot. There's something wrong with you. This Christmas let's just take this as a lesson. Make sure that we don't only look after ourselves. But we also sacrifice for those who are less fortunate than us. Tell me the name of the YouTube channel. Tell me the name of the YouTube channel. Tangiwe comedy. Thank you so much for watching. It's amazing. I'll see you in the next one.


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The story of Dr. Kildare. Whatsoever house I enter, there will I go for the benefit of the sick. Whatsoever things I see or hear concerning the life of men, I will keep silence thereon. Counting such things to be held as sacred trust. I will exercise my art solely for the... The story of Dr. Kildare, starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Barrymore. Metro-Goldman Mayor brought you those famous motion pictures. Now this exciting, heartwarming series is heard on radio. Just a moment, the story of Dr. Kildare. But first, your announcer. One of the great citadels of American medicine. The clump of gray-white buildings planted deep in the heart of New York. The nerve center of medical progress. Where great minds and skilled hands wage man's everlasting battle against death and disease. Player General Hospital.  No. You're the owner of this lunchroom? Yeah, Hurley's my name. She should have brought a doctor. She's in bad shape. Yeah, she looks at what happened. We walked in here about five minutes before midnight, stood there by the door a second, and she felt flat on her face. Out cold. Ever seen her before? No. Don't get any wrong ideas. She didn't buy it in here. Didn't buy what? Smell her breath. So that's it. She's drunk. Boy, this younger generation. Just a kid. Seventeen at the most. Well, give me a hand here. We'll get her out to the car. Can you take her down in Booker? Planning to follow charges? Just get her out of here. That's all I care. I think I'll take her over to Blair Hospital. Come on. Give me a hand. Yeah, she seems to be responding to the caffeine a little now, Dr. Gillespie. Good, Jimmy. At least that fluttery pulse is beginning to straighten out. I think you can start giving her the oxygen now. Keep her on it for a couple of hours, so she'll pull out of it all right. Yes, Doctor. Oh, Sergeant, it's a good thing you brought her here. That's alcohol and her bloodstream running over three parts in a thousand. Well, she really needed a doctor. I didn't have the heart to run her in, Doc. She looked too young, I guess. Very too pretty. Find anything in her purse? Uh, yeah. Matchfolders and three different bars, one thing. I'll pay her a little visit in the morning. She's an obvious minor. Any identification, Blaine? Marion Lewis, according to the card here. A dress on the upper west side. Nearest relatives or mother, Mrs. Clyde. The same address. Well, she certainly had one too many to find her way there at night. This girl's had a dozen too many, so it wasn't any accident. She did it on purpose. I wonder why. Uh-uh, Jimmy. Stop right there. You're going out on a limb again. Why should she deliberately set out to knock herself silly? What's behind it? I don't know.  Count you out. Is that it? Yeah, confound it. Yeah, sure. I'm getting too old for this probing in the patient's life. I see. It's a case of acute alcoholic poisoning. So, let's leave it that way. You can just treat her and release her. All right. Nobody's pushing you. Dr. Kildare, the oxygen equipment is coming up in the freight elevator. Good, Barker. Oh, Dr. Gillespie, do you mind if your Able assistant stays here and helps me? Of course I don't mind. Glad to get rid of old Snoopy for a while. Well... I guess I better get going, Jimmy. Want to check with the precinct desk and notify the girl's parents. All right, Blaine. I'll let you know how she gets along.  I never like to end up there with Kildare's cases. Thank you, doctor. Oh, there is one thing, Jimmy, though. Just for the report, of course. Oh? As soon as she's conscious, let me know what you find out about her. Yeah, now it's all right, Marion. You're in Blair Hospital. I'm Dr. Kildare. Hospital?  I think that'll be better now than the caffeine shot. All right, Dr. Kildare, I'll be right back. I wish I could die. Oh, is that what you were trying to do? No, but... I didn't care whether I did. 17 years old and didn't care whether you lived or not? I suppose you're like everybody else. You think it's just great to be young, but everything's perfect. Simple and easy. No, I think it's a fairly confusing world at any age, Marion, but it's a lot worse when you're just finding it out. No, I've found it out all right. How did I get here? The police brought you. The police? Sergeant Blaine, friend of mine. He passed out in an all-night lunchroom. What are they going to do to me? Nothing. There are no charges against you. Matthew, you're released in the morning. You can go right out and do the same thing again if you like. Yes. What of it?  I know. I don't care. Marion, how long has this been going on? Drinking? The last few months. Tonight was the worst yet. Like to tell me the reason? You wouldn't understand. You just think it was silly. Even my father and mother don't understand. Unfortunately, parents are the last to understand sometimes. It's a mixed-up world for them too, you know. Not for mine. They got it all figured out. And they despise me. They hate me. Oh, come in, Parker. Here's the coffee, Dr. Kildare. The night supervisor had some already made. Good. Put it here on the table by the bench. All right, Dr. You probably don't want this, Marion, but let's try to get a cup or two down anyway. Dr. Kildare? You can have a little cream if you like, but it's better if you drink it black. Dr. Kildare? There's a full report as soon as she was conscious enough to... Oh, Kildare. This is Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Marion's parents. Oh, how do you do? I've just been talking to your daughter. How is she? I've already found out she's dead drunk. She's going to be all right, Mrs. Lewis. Oh, thank you. Elizabeth, you take up for that kid no matter what she did. She's no good, and that's all there is to it. I'm afraid I don't agree with you, Mr. Lewis. I suppose you think you know more about her than I do. Strangely enough, I think I do. Uh-uh, Jimmy. Excuse me, Dr. Gillespie. Mr. Lewis, I'd like to talk to you in the outer office for just a minute. All right. Oh, Dr. Gillespie, I knew something like this was going to happen. Mr. Lewis, I've just been talking to your daughter, as you know, and if I may take the liberty of advising you, I'd like to say that she has a good many problems. Problems? The girl her age has problems? Not to you, maybe, but enough to put her in a hospital.  And what are all these problems? Oh, that's little ones. Silly ones, in fact. Like, well, you wanting her to wear clothes too young for her and that she's not allowed to have dates with other girls of her age are, things like that. No, that's it. That's what started it all. Mmm? One night I caught her sneaking out and meeting some fellow at the corner drug store. Lock her up in her room for a month.  You've got to talk things over with them. Talk it over with them?  Well, at 17, if she's not well along to being grown up, she never will be. You see, Mr. Lewis, a girl her age is... All right, all right. Everybody to their own opinion. She'll be ready to leave here in about 10 minutes? Um, she won't be ready to leave here tonight. Why not? Because, Mr. Lewis, I'm not ready to release her. Well, no. We will just have to see about that young fellow. I think you've got a few things to learn. Maybe so, but in my opinion, there are a whole lot of things you ought to learn, Mr. Lewis, and for the sake of that girl, you'd better learn them fast. I mean, I agree with you. You're absolutely right. But confound, relax, calm down. Okay, Dr. Gillespie, I'm sorry. I lost my temper, but... Oh, well, I know. Righteous smugness of his would make anybody. Yeah, he can't see any side of it, but his own. Just it. There's nothing really bad about that girl. Well, all she needs is someone who will treat her as a person who will listen to her ideas and try to understand it. Well, I guess her father's given her very little of that. You know, Jimmy, it's the same old business. Nine times out of ten, alcoholism is a secondary problem. There's always something behind it. Usually, the reason isn't as clear-cut as this one. Come in. Well, if it isn't Dr. Karoo. Gentlemen, just step right in, Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Lewis. Thank you. By the Great Hornspoon. Karoo, do you sleep in that gardenia? Certainly not, Dr. Blaster. But merely because it's three o'clock in the morning is no reason not to make oneself presentable when one is called out who appear in public, that is. Presentable. That's killed air.  Well, I... Karoo, inasmuch as killed air and I have similar opinions in this matter, you may address us collectively. Oh, dear. Why, Dr. Gillespie, I thought you were too old for this sort of thing. Very ridiculous. Well, Karoo, fire and will. Now, Dr. Gillespie. Look, I don't know what this is all about, but I'm only concerned with one thing. Dr. Karoo, suppose you'll give this young man his orders. Now, Mr. Lewis, just leave this to me. Karoo, the answer is no. Dr. Gillespie, please. Now, Dr. Gildare, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to release the young lady to the custody of her parents at once. Sorry, but I'm holding her for observation. Observation? She's able to talk. She's able to go home where she belongs. I'm not so sure that is where she belongs. Now, Dr. Gildare, we can't let our personal opinions enter into our cases, you know. Then call it a professional opinion. Dr. Karoo, she's under my care, and according to law, she stays there until I release her.  No, I'll get it. Gildare speaking. Sergeant Blaine, Jimmy. Oh, yes, yes. Sorry to have to tell you this, but there's just been a complaint filed against the Lewis girl who's shoplifting. What? Are you sure it's her? Can't be any doubt, since the description filed fits both her and the clothes she was wearing. Look, Blaine, can you stall until the morning and I'll call the shop and try to fix it up or something? I'll do it, I can, Doc. Call me in the morning. Oh, thanks. Thanks. Goodbye. Well, there's no use having any further discussion about this tonight. I've got a patient who's in trouble, and if I can, I'm going to help her out of it. Regardless of what anyone says, I'm not going to release her until I'm ready. That's final. The story of Dr. Kildare in just a moment. 4 a.m., Dr. Gillespie. With all the irate parents and our fat-headed superintendent cleared out now, maybe we can finally get him to sleep. Yeah, could be, Jimmy. Of course we still haven't done much toward clearing up the problem, though. I know. I can hold them off for the moment by refusing a release for Marion, but that's only temporary. Something has to be done tomorrow. What about this shoplifting business? It's pretty serious, isn't it? Serious enough. Apparently, Marion tried on some clothes and a dress shop, then left wearing them while the sales girl was busy at something else.  Now, Blaine's going to stall the warrant as long as he can. I'll call the shop in the morning, see if I can get them to drop the charges if I guarantee the cost of the clothes. Getting in pretty deep, aren't you, Jimmy? Oh, what can you do? Well, I noticed you were right there with me. Ah, that was merely a personal attitude toward Karoo.  I just said it was green. Oh, all right. So it was entirely personal. It still doesn't answer the question, how are we going to help her? The girl needs understanding. Problems as simple as that. Only the answer's not quite as simple. You know, because the only logical answer is to bring her and her parents together. Right now, they're a thousand miles apart. They need some common basis to work from. By the tarnation aside from the fact that they're distantly related by birth, I don't see one. Neither do I. Now I'm going to talk to both sides again in the morning. Do that, Jimmy. Do that. Now we'd better both get some sleep, or tomorrow you'll look as well as Karoo's gardenia. Dr. Kildare, I only meant to look at the clothes and try them on. And they were so beautiful and so...   Yes.  So I took them. Took them? You know, we never get anywhere by kidding ourselves, Mary, and is that really what you mean? I stole them. Dr. Kildare, will they send me to jail? No, they gotta check this morning. They've withdrawn the charges. You... But why? I can't pay you back. I don't have a job. My parents think I'm too young to work. Well, forget that for the moment. We'll worry about it later. Mary, and how did all this start? My folks wouldn't let me have friends at home. Not any at all. And finally I got so I'd slip off to the corner drugstore and talk to people. Boys. It wasn't anything. You just laughed and talked. I see. And Dad found out about it and locked me in my room at night for a month.  Yes. And a dead end, too, because that isn't a solution, you know? Dr. Kildare, there isn't any solution. I won't go back home again and have them tell me how low I am, how ungrateful, and how I failed them. And there's nothing else. Nothing. As wrong as you think he is. Of course he's wrong. Now, wait a minute. You and I come from what they call the older generation, and the world's changed a lot since we came into it. Well, maybe the world has, but right and wrong never change. Oh, that could be. I sometimes wonder, though, if we don't use these words right and wrong pretty loosely. Anything that we're familiar with, that is, that we learned before we were 21 years old, we call it right. And anything new that's come along since we call it wrong. Well, no basis for it either way. I can't agree with you, Dr. Gillespie. Everybody knows the things this modern generation does, and I won't have Mary enacting the same way. Well, it seems to me that people have been selling the younger generation short for about 20 centuries or more. But each time they've managed to come through it all right. No, sir, things were different when we were young. Ah, different, yes, but not necessarily any better. And you know we didn't do such a hard job of building a new world, Mr. Lewis? Well, nevertheless, I feel that... Oh, come on in, Jimmy. Mr. Lewis. Good morning, Dr. Kildare. I guess I owe you an apology. Sorry I lost my temper last night. Well, I did a little of that myself, as I remember. But I think we can be more reasonable about it this morning. Oh, I hope so. And my wife's waiting downstairs or if you'll fix up that release, we'll just take Mary in right along with us. Well, she's a very hurt girl, Mr. Lewis, or a very sick one, if you want to put it that way. Well, hangover can get... Oh, no, no, no. It's a lot deeper than that. I do hope you'll be gentle with her, trying to talk to her and reason with her. Look, Kildare, when I was a kid and did anything wrong, my father didn't talk to me. He used the back of a hairbrush. That's reason enough for me. Now, yes, Jimmy, I tried every argument I could think of. Well, Dr. Kildare, are you going to sign that release or not? No, I'm not, Mr. Lewis. In that opinion, Marion still needs medical care. In that case, I'd better see a lawyer. Whatever you like. Oh, one other thing, Kildare. I understand you paid off that dress shop for the clothes Marion stole. Of course, I want to make good... I'll save it for the funeral. I see. Well, I'll find out from the police and may you check. I pay my debts. I can tell you, one, you'll never be able to pay. I think that's a matter of opinion. Good day, gentlemen. He goes nothing. He's hard headed all right. The worst of it is, he loves his daughter. He's just as hurt as she is. Sure he is, but he's too confounded, stubborn to tolerate any idea but his own. And there's nothing we can do. If he sees a lawyer, he'll have her back in his custody within 24 hours. I can't support any claim that she needs further medical care. Well, we did all we could. Now, come in, Parker. Dr. Kildare, have you forgotten you're supposed to make the rounds in the Cripple Children's Ward at 11 o'clock? No, Parker. I was just about to... to say, you know something? What? A long shot. Parker. Huh?  His wife, too. Hurry. We've seen about enough of this now, Dr. Kildare. Oh, there's only one more section, Mr. Lewis. It's right ahead of us. Well, it can't be much different than the others. Now, here we are. Now, we won't go inside. We can look through these windows along the corridor. These children are all under five years old. Oh. And all of them are handicapped in some way. Mm-hmm, in various ways. And furthermore, most of them are charity patients. Wards of either the hospital or some charitable organization. Dr. Kildare, I assume you had some point in mind when you insisted we come here with you. I wonder if you'd explain just what it was. I'm not sure whether I can explain it, Mr. Lewis. I guess I wanted to show you some of the differences in handicaps. And to point out that physical handicaps aren't the only kinds. Look, Mr. Lewis, that curly-headed little boy there by the window. The one with braces on both legs. Yes, I see. Suppose he was yours. And you didn't happen to like the way he was forced to walk. Now, what would you do? Try to help him to learn to walk his way? Or beat him with a hairbrush because he couldn't walk your way? Well, I... Can you imagine a child like that being no good? Oh, Clyde, we have been wrong sometimes, you know. We've failed her as much as she could ever fail us. I wonder if maybe you aren't right. So many things we could have done and didn't. So many things we thought were important. Perhaps they're not. Elizabeth, I... I think maybe we'd better talk this over. You'll find a conference room at the end of the corridor. You won't be disturbed. Well, thanks. I'll start to compare. Come on, dear. I'll be done. You're the luckiest man I ever saw.   Well, that's the way it seems. And I'm glad I did, but... But why? Jenny, would you mind explaining the logic of your plan? Well, I don't know. I just had a hunch, I guess, feeling. But confounded, Jimmy, it doesn't even make good sense. Only there's one thing about it, Dr. Gillespie. What? It worked. In just a moment, we will return to the story of Dr. Kildare. I think I know what he wants. I doubt if he's heard of it. Yes, I believe it is at that. Gentlemen, please step into our parlor carous, speak up what's on your mind. Gentlemen, I refrain from exercising my authority, but there can be no more crippling now, no more dilly-dallying. Isn't that word dilly-ing, dallying, Dr. Gillespie? Jimmy, I think you're right. Gentlemen, that girl, I want her released at once. I guess he means you, Jimmy. I'm not holding any girl. Dr. Gillespie, you know very well who I mean. It's that, that Marion Lewis girl. Lewis? Marion Lewis? Well, there is something familiar about that name. Oh, I remember Dr. Gillespie. The girl who left with her parents right after lunch. Dr. Kildare, I won't listen to any of... She what? You know, I don't think Dr. Karoo really knows what's going on around here. Oh, dear. But I thought, I mean, you said that, but last night you... Oh, dear. Open the door for Dr. Karoo.  I've just heard the story of Dr. Kildare, starring Lou Ayers and Lionel Barrymore. This program was written by Les Crutchfield and directed by William P. Russo. Original music was composed and conducted by Walter Schumann. Supporting cast included Virginia Gregg, Ted Osburn, Lorine Tuttle, Tal Avery, Barbara Rueck and Jack Krushen. Dick Joy speaking.