Month: July 2010

A new study shows 77 million Bangladeshis are being exposed to water containing arsenic. CNN’s Dan Rivers reports. Jun 21, 2010

Here’s a short update on the arsenic problem in Bangladesh, and how the SONO filter alleviates the problem (click the title above to view the 2:51 minute video). With over 300,000 SONO filters already in place, that leaves some 75 million people in Bangladesh still in need of its benefits. Of course, there are many …

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President Rene Preval Assesses Haiti’s Quake Recovery

PBS NewsHour‘s Ray Suarez talks with Haitian President Rene Preval about the recovery the country still faces, six months after a devastating earthquake. There are many lessons from this. One is that while NGOs‘ independent work is essential immediately after the disaster, their working in co-ordination with the government is essential as time passes. I …

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Martin Fisher (KickStart) Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers

PBS‘s Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California social entrepreneur sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps. In this segment, there are many lessons for us on how to achieve our goals in the field. I recommend you watch this report: Related articles …

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