Part II of two. We pick up the narrative as villagers choose a latrine design and set forth a hopeful future. SPRINGFIELD – The community market latrine in the town of Nano was a significant milepost for the project – past, present, and future. From the time the first latrines[Read More…]
Author: Ralph Christensen
‘Sanitarian’ from Roseburg an inspirational figure
SPRINGFIELD – The projects in Nano were started well before I was involved in Rotary or any kind of humanitarian work. It all began with a sanitarian named Ron Baker sitting in his home in Roseburg, Ore., watching TV. A news report covering a refugee camp in Cambodia stated that [Read More…]
Global (heart) warming
SPRINGFIELD – This narrative takes place in a village in northern Togo, near Dapaong (25 kilometers away), the largest city in the region, with a population of about 75,000. This is in the Sahel, the arid to semi-arid region just below the Sahara Desert. Incomes are about $1 U.S. per[Read More…]
