David Archer

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths read more

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths a year. Moreover, children who have never seen the inside of a classroom are precisely those that face the most acute poverty, and should be the prime target of the international community if it is at all serious about realizing the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

There's no bad feelings from him and no bad feelings from me. He said 'I'm sorry. It's just one of read more

There's no bad feelings from him and no bad feelings from me. He said 'I'm sorry. It's just one of those deals.' I said I understand. We've been good friends for a lot of years. I think he's a quality individual.

We're hoping if the dumpling-eating challenge is successful, ... it will make our event the premier dumpling-eating event in the read more

We're hoping if the dumpling-eating challenge is successful, ... it will make our event the premier dumpling-eating event in the New York area, sort of like what Coney Island is to Nathan's.

Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to read more

Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to shift the focus to the money, and how the money is used.

As soon as you remove user fees there's a massive expansion of demand. In Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, a total read more

As soon as you remove user fees there's a massive expansion of demand. In Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya, a total of 8 million children went to school who had not gone to school before. You need new teachers, need new classrooms; there are new pressures on the system.