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Marsabit

Marsabit.  It’s a bit like Mars, but without the long trek across the solar system. Though after nine spine-rattling hours  along a dusty, boulder strewn road, I staggered out of the 4×4 Land Rover looking as if I’d just spent a month in space.  The landscape was an incredible mix of red volcanic rock and [...]

Communities of Hope

The following is a post from the Blood:Water Mission blog which I wrote while in Africa this past May:

I’m in Africa. It’s been 9 years since I last set foot on this continent and I must confess that I have missed it greatly. There is a certain rhythm that pulses through this continent; a [...]

Veil Thom Summary

Transforming Rural Communities in CambodiaThrough Community Development

In 2004, my family moved to Cambodia where we were involved in community development work in rural communities in eastern and southern provinces. This is the story of our primary community and how they changed over the two years that we were there.
Among third world [...]

World Water Crisis

United Nations Development Programme: read the full article.
World water and sanitation crisis urgently needs a Global Action Plan
A Global Action Plan under G8 leadership is urgently needed to resolve a growing water and sanitation crisis that causes [...]

Wells & Water Pumps

The community is in the throws of a large-scale water project. While most people have enough water for household needs very few have sufficient water for agricultural purposes. That and hand-liftng water from a 15 feet well and carrying it a couple hundred meters to a garden discourages most people from [...]