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January 31, 2020 | New Vision
Sucked Dry
Huge swaths of land acquired by foreign investors in Africa's Nile River Basin export profits, displace communities
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Rwanda
December 26, 2019 | Associated Press
Rwanda Avoids U.S.-Style Opioids Crisis by Making Own Morphine
As thousands die from addiction in rich countries awash with prescription painkillers, millions of people writhe in agony in the poorest nations with no access to opioids at all.
December 06, 2019 | National Geographic
Dirt Floors Can Kill You. This Graduate Might Have a Solution.
More than one billion people live in homes with unsanitary dirt floors. This U.S. business school graduate aims to change that, starting in Rwanda.
April 23, 2019 | The Telegraph
Rwanda Genocide Revisited: What Happened to the Children of Rape Victims?
Documentary photographer Jonathan Torgovnik’s returns to Rwanda after a decade to photograph women with their children conceived through rape during the genocide—how have these families come to terms with the past?
April 08, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Trailblazers: Women in Rwanda Rise as Leaders in Male-Dominated Professions
Once living under a strict patriarchal society, Rwandan women are emerging as business leaders in male-dominated professions such as agriculture—defying the status quo of gender in a post-genocide era.
April 07, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Women in Rwanda Redefine Gender Roles through Agribusiness
In a post-genocide era, Rwandan women are stepping forward to rebuild the nation. But can progress continue under authoritarian leadership?
March 31, 2019 | The New York Times
Rwanda’s Children of Rape Have Come of Age
Twenty-five years after the genocide, its effects are shaping a new generation.
March 15, 2019 | Field Notes
Reporting from the Hills: A Reporter's Reflection
Cammie Behnke, a reporting fellow from Elon University, shares some reflections from her two-week reporting trip to Rwanda, where she covered gender roles in a post-genocide era.
September 11, 2018 | The New York Times
Is Cash Better for the Poor than Conventional Foreign Aid?
Why is USAID giving money, with no strings attached, to poor people in Africa? For good reason—the agency is using cash transfers as a benchmark against which to evaluate conventional aid programs.
August 13, 2018 | NPR
Former Tyson Foods CEO Brings Chicken Farming to Rwanda—but Can It Last?
Chickens made Donnie Smith millions, and now he hopes they can lift Rwandan families out of poverty.
July 26, 2018 | Mongabay
The Fates of People and Gorillas Are Entangled in Rwanda
Worse droughts have caused serious water shortages, which impact both local farmers and mountain gorillas.
June 27, 2018 | Mongabay, Pacific Standard
Rwandan People and Mountain Gorillas Face Changing Climate Together
Climate change is reshaping relations between parks, people and the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. But more and deeper research is needed to determine likely long-term impacts.
Redefining Gender Roles in Rwanda
Twenty-five years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has been labeled a champion for women's rights. What's changed? What work still needs to be done to ensure gender equality in a post-genocide era?
Disclosure—Rwandan Children Born of Rape
Rwanda’s children born of genocide rape are coming of age—against the odds. Their mothers have now disclosed to their children the circumstances of how they were born.
Sucked Dry: Land Grabs and Water Access in the Nile River Basin
As world water shortages worsen, foreign companies are scooping up fertile land in the Nile River basin. But how are some of the world’s poorest countries affected? Water Journalists Africa reports.
Helping the Poor: What Works in Rwanda?
Governments, foundations, and nonprofits aim to help the world's poorest people by giving them livestock, cash, training, and education. What works best? How do we know?
Rwanda: Climate Change and Mountain Gorillas
In Rwanda, increased floods, droughts, and landslides have caused deaths and destroyed homes. How are mountain gorillas and people living near their habitat impacted by and adapting to climate change?
Truck Crashes Dent East Africa Economy
Crashes by heavy commercial vehicles not only lead to loss of lives but also have a negative impact to the economy in East Africa.
Ending AIDS
An on-the-ground look at efforts in Africa and the United States to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Innovating the Rwandan Recovery
More than twenty years after a genocide, a look at the next generation of Rwandans and their place in a rapidly changing country.
Love For My Enemy
A multimedia story following survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as they struggle with their past, meet each other for the first time and dare to ask for forgiveness.
Rwanda: We Are the Past
Today in Rwanda, the 1994 genocide is part of the past, but the country's thousands of maimed amputees are living reminders of the brutal horror.
Run or Hide? Seeking Refuge in Tanzania
When Bill Clinton Hadam's refugee family was approved for resettlement in the U.S., the boy's parents faced a "Sophie's Choice" dilemma: him or his sister. After escaping slaughter in Congo and Rwanda, the family waited in a Tanzanian camp for nearly a decade. Rape was common there, and Bill's teen...
Rwanda: Teens Reaching Across a Divide
Several Vermont high school students traveled to Rwanda in December 2006 to meet with teenagers orphaned by AIDS. The six students and adults from two schools filmed, photographed and interviewed Rwandan teenagers participating in a program aimed at helping them become financially independent.
The program, based in the Rwandan...
June 10, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Tik Root, Wyatt Orme and Juan Herrero
Tik Root, Wyatt Orme, and Juan Herrero discuss their recent reporting trip to Rwanda, where they have been exploring the new generation and its place in a rapidly changing country.
February 20, 2014 | Meet the Journalist
Tomaso Clavarino Talks About the Scars of Rwanda's Genocide
In 2014, Rwanda will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the genocide. Tomaso Clavarino spent 20 days in the country reporting on the survivors, and the scars, of the 1994 civil war.
September 14, 2017 | Project news
Pulitzer Center Grantees Take Home Top National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Honors
The team that made "To End AIDS?" received a 2017 Communication Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
July 27, 2017 | Awards
Another Win for "The End of AIDS?"
Pulitzer Center-supported PBS NewsHour series wins a 2017 Communication Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
July 26, 2017 | Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Nomination for 'The End of AIDS?'
The six-part PBS NewsHour series evaluates the state of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, asking whether we can soon end the disease.
July 20, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: The End of AIDS?
Pulitzer Center grantees cover progress and challenges in the worldwide fight against AIDS.
December 23, 2015 | General news
2015: A Year in Photos
The Pulitzer Center staff share favorite images from 2015.
July 23, 2015 | Project news, Awards
Four Pulitzer Center Grantees Nominated for News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Honored multimedia projects range from an investigation into child labor in gold mining to an examination of reconciliation efforts between survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide.
January 16, 2015 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Are Finalists for 2015 National Magazine Award
2015 National Magazine Award Finalists include Pulitzer Center grantees, Jason Motlagh, Lukas Augustin and Niklas Schenck.
February 15, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Reporting on Epidemics [15 minutes]
Students will explore how health topics are presented in the news media using behind the scenes videos from Carl Gierstorfer’s Ebola project and Jon Cohen’s HIV/AIDS project.
June 27, 2017 | All Grades, College
Exploring Other Countries
In this lesson, students use the Pulitzer Center website to research a specific country before giving an oral presentation.
October 05, 2016 | College
To End AIDS: Addressing Community Needs
Students develop solutions for challenges in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Students will conduct in-depth research on their issues, create proposals, and present them.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: 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 from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: 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 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.
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.