The Man Who Stopped the Desert - Long

Available on DVD from: Narrated by British Actor Hugh Quarshie Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from northern Burkina Faso in Africa, has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last twenty years he has become a pioneer in the fight against desertification and hunger. Yacouba's struggle is pure, inspiring drama. It is about one man's determined efforts that have the potential to benefit many thousands living in the Sahel region of Africa. As early as the 1970's, the Sahel became a bleak land as a result of severe drought combined with overgrazing, poor land management, and overpopulation. By the 1980's the region, which once had a population of some 30 million, suffered from severe poverty and starvation. While many abandoned their traditional homelands, Yacouba decided to remain steadfast against the creeping desert. The Man Who Stopped the Desert tells Yacouba's story, partly though dramatic reconstruction. As a yo