Niger

Word of Mouth - Segment
12:00 pm
Mon November 21, 2011

A Well in the Desert

A Well in the Desert

Photo by Emilia Jjenstram, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons

Sowing the seeds of sustainability in the sands of the Saharan Desert: Bess Palmisciano, founder and executive director of the NGO,Rain for the Sahel and Sahara, talks about her work spreading education, clean water, and economic independence among the nomadic Tuareg and other peoples of Niger.

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