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ONE BRICK AT A TIME: WATER BRIGADES IN HONDURAS

By Helen Yu
I can’t help but think about my time in Honduras every time I take a drink of water from my kitchen faucet. Even the tap water here, what many deem as impure, flows much cleaner than the debris- and bacteria-contaminated water that reaches the homes of rural Honduras. Many are stricken with intestinal [...]

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THE WELL AND THE WORLD

A Volunteer Recalls a Lesson Learned in Rajasthan
By Dipan Patel

Rhythmically clanking along, there seemed to be a strange ability vested in these tracks as they met the wheels of the silenced compartment. Perhaps it was the mesmerizing dryness of the barren land that cast a spell on all of its observers. As sand [...]

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