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...will subsidize the cost of household ceramic water filters that are simple, cheap, and effective at ridding the water of most bacteria,” Norman says, adding that an important part of the project is connecting with the people they work with and forming lasting partnerships with the local communities...
Delle visited Agyemanti over winter break, where he met with community members and local chiefs, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Finance, WaterAid Ghana and other important players in the planning process...
Delle and Finkton emphasize that their project is a “collaborative effort” with the Agyemanti village, referring to the fact that the local people built their community school themselves...
...Boston. Within the cooperation agreement benefits package, $4.7 million dollars are devoted to education, and at the request of the Task Force, Harvard has agreed to build and maintain a 3,400 square foot “Edu-portal” to house programs for school-age children attending local schools. More recently, Harvard said it will establish the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund, which will allocate half a million dollars in grants over the next five years to neighborhood improvement, health, and education initiatives. But Mattison said he was still unimpressed with Harvard’s efforts to work with...
...college, Stanley had started introducing herself as Ann. She met Barack Obama Sr. in a Russian-language class. He was one of the first Africans to attend the University of Hawaii and a focus of great curiosity. He spoke at church groups and was interviewed for several local-newspaper stories. "He had this magnetic personality," remembers Neil Abercrombie, a member of Congress from Hawaii who was friends with Obama Sr. in college. "Everything was oratory from him, even the most commonplace observation...