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.
Alex Stonehill and Sarah Stuteville Present on Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa at Northwest College, Wyoming, 10/15
Published October 15, 2009
Event date:
October 15, 2009 - 7:00pm
Alex Stonehill and Sarah Stuteville, co-founders of the Common Language Project, will share some of their multimedia reporting during visits to journalism classes and at a 7 p.m. program Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Rendezvous Lounge of DeWitt Student Center at Northwest College in Wyoming. Alex and Sarah have reported for the Pulitzer Center on Pakistan's education issues and water scarcity in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Project
Inspired by Pulitzer Center reporting on water, students from Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis, Missouri take action to publicize global water issues, and offer their own solutions to the crisis...
Through this webquest, students will use several different projects on the "Downstream" Global Gateway to examine the impact of water around the world.
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