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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). The Sahel Desert in Burkina Faso (a desert that is both hot and humid). The majority of ultramarathoners are not professional runners.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

In some of the places where we work, women are very often not in professional roles whatsoever, much less the media. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. She has been able to use this opportunity to uplift herself professionally. We are pushing an envelope there.