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Trash is Not Trash Until It Is Wasted
Carolina for Kibera's Trash is Cash Program Many of us recycle our bottles and waste without ever seeing the tangible benefits. Although recycling is practiced far less commonly in Sub Sahara Africa,...
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World Water Day: Imagine if You Woke Up Tomorrow and No Water Flowed from...
Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and no water flowed from your taps. How far would you have to walk to get to the nearest fresh water source? How long would it take you? And what things could you have...
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Will Technology Feed a Warming World?
A recent blog noted that climate change will negatively affect African agriculture, particularly production of the most important staple crops– millet, cassava, rice (West Africa), maize, bananas and...
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Earth Day—Uniting Voices Worldwide for a Sustainable Future
World Bicycle Relief’s “Trees for Bikes”A program provides a bike for every 150 saplings planted. Did you know that on April 22, 1970—the first Earth Day—20 million Americans demonstrated from coast to...
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Wolves, Okapis, and Painted Dogs – Oh my!
The okapi is found only in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. African wildlife often conjures images of rhinos, zebras, or elephants. But there are hundreds of animal species that call...
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Landscape Approaches Ease Conflicts and Promote Sustainable Development
Agriculture landscape near Kijabe, Kenya. Planted trees create habitat and corridors for biodiversity and help protect water sources. Farmers versus environmentalists. Rural food alliances versus...
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World Food Day Shines a Light on the Fight Against Hunger in Sub Saharan Africa
Agriculture is the economic driver in rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. More than three decades ago, the United Nations named October 16 World Food Day in honor of the founding of the Food and...
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Endangered Speedster of the African Wild
Cheetah family in the Masai Mara, Kenya. They’re beautiful, they go from zero to 60 miles an hour in three seconds, and they’re endangered. Cheetahs—the race cars of the wild—have declined since 1900...
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Africa’s Lions in Steep Decline
Credit: Christian Sperka/Panthera A surprising new study released this week finds that Africa is losing its lions, fast. The lion population in Africa declined from 100,000 to about 32,000 over the...
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Improving Cook Stoves Helps Combat Global Climate Change
In much of Sub Saharan Africa, women and children suffer respiratory and other health issues because of the soot released from traditional cook stoves. If you have traveled in rural Africa, you’ve seen...
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Lions in West Africa Are on the Brink of Extinction
A young lion cub in the Yankari Game Reserve, Nigeria. In a blog a year ago, we reported on a steep decline in the African lion population. At that time, researchers estimated the lion population in...
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A Taste of Life and Development in Kenya on the National Mall
Learn how flip flops washed up on Kenya’s beaches are creating jobs and a better environment. Where in the United States can you sample traditional Swahili dishes, learn about living and working with...
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African Farmers are Creating Forest Gardens and “Planting it Forward”
Omar’s forest garden combines vegetable plants with banana, papaya, mango and citrus trees. In arid and degraded areas of Sub Saharan Africa, farmers who were barely able to provide for their families...
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A Massive Drought in Ethiopia Again?
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought since the 1960s. Photo credit: AddisAbabaOnline It sounds so familiar—drought in Ethiopia puts millions of people at risk of starvation. How could this be...
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African Moms Escape Poverty with their Children in Tow
Daate Inyakh is now running her own shop thanks to a business grant from BOMA Project. As the sole provider for her family, Daate Inyakh of northern Kenya once struggled to feed her six daughters. She...
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Can Biochar Improve Rwandan Agriculture? Aid for Africa Endowed Scholar Wants...
Aid for Africa Endowed Scholar Jamie Fanous with Rwandan colleague. In a village about an hour outside of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Jamie Fanous wanted to know if there was a simple way to improve...
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When a Maasai Girl Graduates, Her Community Benefits
Abigael Simaloi Pertet visited Washington, DC, to attend a youth conference. When Abigael Simaloi Pertet finished fifth grade in 2003, she was faced with the possibility that she would not be able to...
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Endangered Speedster of the African Wild
Cheetah family in the Masai Mara, Kenya. They’re beautiful, they go from zero to 60 miles an hour in three seconds, and they’re endangered. Cheetahs—the race cars of the wild—have declined since 1900...
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Africa’s Lions in Steep Decline
Credit: Christian Sperka/Panthera A surprising new study released this week finds that Africa is losing its lions, fast. The lion population in Africa declined from 100,000 to about 32,000 over the...
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Improving Cook Stoves Helps Combat Global Climate Change
In much of Sub Saharan Africa, women and children suffer respiratory and other health issues because of the soot released from traditional cook stoves. If you have traveled in rural Africa, you’ve seen...
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