25 pts i really need evaluate the speaker ben affleck: in congo last year, i visited a home for orphaned street kids who were terribly mangled and disfigured by polio. this is the twenty-first century, and eastern congo is medically a medieval throwback to a time when the most pernicious diseases ran roughshod over humanity, and most medical institutions, ngos, and foundations are not breaking down the doors to the kivus to get in there and make it better. who is breaking down the door? who has been inside doing the hard, unglamorous work in terrible conditions is the international medical corps. and i've seen where they are living and i can tell you, they are not doing it for the money. you will hear the voices of critics who will tell you, "americans don't care about africa. africans are too different from us to elicit real empathy. it's too far away. we're a self-absorbed country that just wants to eat fast food and watch reality television, and in a dow