In Ethiopia and Kenya, dry seasons grow longer and tribal conflict over access to water is on the rise, exacerbated by the proliferation of arms from Somalia. With clean water access scarce, the burden of securing a daily water supply has become a daunting task.
charity: water a Finalist in DoGooder Video Awards
Published April 7, 2010
"Almost a billion people on the planet don't have access to clean drinking water. That's one in eight of us."
That's the message charity: water, a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, wants you to hear.
View "The story of charity: water," a finalist in the 4th annual YouTube's DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards above.
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Pulitzer Center grantee William Wheeler reflects on his experience in international reporting and the fraught path from daily journalism to long-form nonfiction.
Irrigation and hydroelectric projects along with shrinking glaciers are reducing the flow of the Indus River--and increasing tensions between Pakistan and India.
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