August 25, 2008

Zambia's Lutembe Dam One is the second-largest clean water supplier to Chipata. So why is it that people living right next to the dam don’t have access to this water? From the lake, to the treatment plant, to the “unplanned” settlements and city council, this programme looks at what makes water clean enough to drink and why so many people don’t have it. 

By Damon van der Linde and Stephen-AlecPhiri

The Price of Water in Zambia

By Damon van der Linde, Freetown - Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Concert pianist Panos Karan has played to a sold-out Carnegie Hall three times. He’s played in villages along the Amazon River twice and for communities hit by last year’s tsunami in Japan. On his most recent tour in Sierra Leone, he faced one of his toughest crowds yet – a maximum-security prison.

World-class pianist unlocks the rhythm at Freetown jail  - RNW

This piece aired on Radio Netherlands Worldwide December 5, 2012

For years, the village of Baiama in North-East of Sierra Leone mined for diamonds. People there felt exploited and saw little of the profits, so one day they stopped digging, filled in the pits, and returned to their traditional livelihood of farming. Years later, they haven't looked back.   

From Mining to Farming

Far from Home: Displaced People in Mali, a radio feature aired on The World this Weekend Sunday February 24 2012

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