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April 20, 2018 | CNN International
The Woman Risking Her Life to Save a Village from Lead Poisoning
In Kenya, local activists are fighting for a village impacted by lead poisoning.
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Kenya
April 15, 2018 | TIME for Kids
Kids of Kakuma
TIME for Kids travels to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to learn what life is like for children who live and go to school there.
March 26, 2018 | BRIGHT Magazine
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets
Aid recipients usually have little say in aid projects meant for them, but this citizen journalism project is giving them a chance to give their views.
December 04, 2017 | NBC News
Kenyan Entrepreneurs Help Youth Thrive in Africa's Emerging 'Silicon Valley'
Kenyan entrepreneurs help Africa's aspiring engineers succeed.
December 01, 2017 | Field Notes
A Visit to Narok
Journalist Janelle Richards traveled to Narok, a mostly Maasai area located a few hours from Nairobi. In this blog post she writes about her experience conducting interviews in the area.
November 29, 2017 | Field Notes
Inside a Kenyan Wildlife Nursery
Journalist Janelle Richards visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, where a team is working to save the lives of elephants and stop poaching in the region.
November 20, 2017 | NBC News
Kenyan School Is Producing Next Generation of Engineers
The Moringa School is providing tech training to students in Kenya. Participants learn how to code and develop mobile apps. The school says they have a 95 percent job placement rate for graduates.
November 17, 2017 | NBC News
Kenyan Wildlife Nursery Gives Baby Elephants a Second Chance
At risk of extinction in as little as 10 years, African conservation groups work to protect one of the continent’s most precious animals.
August 10, 2017 | Field Notes
Kenya: Watching Chinese TV on the Savannah
We traveled to Kajiado, Kenya, to find that China's effort to win African hearts and minds has been paying off.
August 07, 2017 | The Los Angeles Times
'China Has Conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's New Strategy to Win African Hearts and Minds
Beijing has invested billions in “soft power” campaigns to convince the world that China is a cultural and political success story. Now it's backing it with digital infrastructure in Africa.
July 23, 2017 | NPR
World Faces Global Sand Shortage
Sand is the key ingredient that makes modern life possible. And we are starting to run out. Vince Beiser talks about the crisis with Morning Edition's David Greene.
July 13, 2017 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pathway to Peril
Scientists worry the next devastating disease could be born where animals and humans mix in a Third World slum – then cross the globe. Zika may have been a preview.
Ending AIDS
An on-the-ground look at efforts in Africa and the United States to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Unsafe Abortion in Kenya and the Ripple Effects of U.S. Foreign Aid Policy
A seemingly harmless restriction on U.S. foreign aid money has effectively blocked abortion access across Kenya. This project will explore the ripple effects that policy has on women's lives.
Saving Kenya’s Mothers
Kenya continues to lose 7,000 mothers to preventable deaths each year. If the solutions are known, why has there been so little progress in saving their lives?
Black Gold in the Cradle of Mankind
Turkana in Kenya’s arid north is the most important place you’ve likely never heard of, quintessential to understanding mankind. Now, Turkana has oil. Is it a pending resource-curse catastrophe?
From the Ground Up: Fixing Foreign Aid in an Age of Scarcity
Global hunger affects nearly one billion people. Emergency food is not enough. This project examines some fundamental yet often overlooked interventions, most of which do not involve food at all.
Buried in Dandora: Voices of Nairobi's Waste Management Disaster
Nairobi’s Dandora Municipal Dump Site has been officially "full" for years and is implicated in a host of diseases--yet provides employment to scavengers. Views from the dump and from those nearby.
Statelessness: A Human Rights Crisis
From the slums of Nairobi to the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic to the far reaches of Bangladesh, entire communities live without citizenship rights. They are “the stateless”.
The Promise of Life: Reproductive Choice in Africa
This reporting initiative partners African and US journalists to explore critical challenges in reproductive health and family planning—and what they mean for life, death and socio-economic stability.
The Not-Inevitable Crisis: Why 9 Million Are Hungry in East Africa
Sky-rocketing food prices, drought, conflict, and an insufficient response have left populations in the Horn of Africa on the brink of famine.
Global Voices on Food Insecurity
Reporting from Pulitzer Center journalists and across the blogosphere on food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition around the world.
East Africa: Access to Water
In much of the developing world, women spend more time fetching water than any other activity in their day. For more than a billion people, the water they do get is unsafe.
Kenya and Uganda: From Displacement to Re-Settlement
For about 18 months, more than a half of million people from the Ugandan area have been displaced after post-election violence forced them from their homes.
October 24, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Journalist Sam Loewenberg: Examining Aid in an Age of Scarcity
Pulitzer Center grantee Sam Loewenberg discusses his reporting on chronic hunger and the causes behind it.
April 19, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Micah Albert: Documenting Kenya's Trash Woes
As the trash in Nairobi's vast Dandora dump continues to pile up, photojournalist Micah Albert looks Kenya's waste management disaster.
March 19, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Samuel Loewenberg on the Dadaab Refugee Camps in Kenya
Pulitzer Center grantee Samuel Loewenberg talks about the challenges that refugees escaping famine in Somalia face as they cross the border into Kenya.
March 13, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Stephanie Hanes: A Global Look at Stateless Populations
Pulitzer Center grantee Stephanie Hanes talks about the worldwide phenomenon of statelessness and the diversity within stateless populations.
April 07, 2016 | General news, Project news, Education news, Awards
Six Student Fellows Win Regional Mark of Excellence Awards
Sydney Combs and Paul Nevin each place first in their regions for feature photography. Jae Lee and Kara Andrade each place first in their regions for in-depth reporting. Rebecca Gibian and Diana Crandall place first in their region for breaking news reporting.
February 09, 2016 | General news, Newsletter
This Week: The Life Equation
Do you save one life at the cost of 10?
December 23, 2015 | General news
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
May 11, 2015 | General news
Three 2015 Persephone Miel Fellows to Report on Migration
Two journalists from Nepal and one journalist from Kenya receive honor, plan to work in collaboration with Pulitzer Center and Global Press Journal.
March 09, 2015 | Project news
The Woman in the Photo
Micah Albert travels back to Dandora, three years later, and finds the woman he photographed for what became an award-winning picture.
December 28, 2014 | General news
2014: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff shares favorite images from 2014.
March 29, 2013 | General news
This Week in Review: Mali Falls Apart
The neighborhood of garishly opulent mansions is aptly known to locals as "Cocainebougou," or Cocaine Town. It stands as testament to the sudden collapse of Mali.
February 15, 2013 | Project news, Awards
Micah Albert Wins First Place in World Press Photo Contest
Photojournalist Micah Albert wins first place in the contemporary issues category in the 56th World Press Photo Contest for his work covering the Dandora dump in Kenya.
January 31, 2013 | Project news
Documenting the Under-Reported Stories of the World: Interview with Micah Albert
Insight: News Network interviews photojournalist Micah Albert about his award-winning Pulitzer Center project "Buried in Dandora" and his career as a photojournalist.
January 04, 2013 | General news, Project news
Micah Albert Wins Best Picture (People Category) in the Nat Geo Photo Contest
Micah Albert's picture of women scavenging refuse from a landfill in Dandora, Kenya, a winner in the People category of the National Geographic Photo Contest.
December 29, 2012 | General news
Week in Review: Pulitzer 2012 in Photos
Week in Review: Pulitzer 2012 in Photos
December 23, 2012 | General news
2012: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share their favorite photos from 2012.
March 25, 2016 | College
Global Health Journalism: A Powerful Tool for MPH Students
This Masters-level lesson introduces journalism as an important tool for public health students and researchers to communicate complex public health issues in an accessible way for the general...
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 17, 2016 | College
Global Health Journalism: A Powerful Tool for MPH Students
This Masters level lesson introduces journalism as an important tool for public health students and researchers to communicate complex public health issues in an accessible way for the general...
February 19, 2016 | Middle School
Roads Kill: The Dangers of Motorcycles
In the following lesson, students will analyze several resources about the dangers of motorcycles, and by the end, they will write a summary about the dangers of motorcycles.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
June 03, 2015 | Middle School, High School
What's the Impact of Finding Oil in Your Backyard?
Students learn about the impact of finding oil in Kenya and apply what they learned to a presentation advocating for, or protesting against, hypothetical drilling for oil in their own communities.