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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Ultramarathons are extreme running events: 250-kilometer (155-mile) foot races over five or six days in the harshest environments on Earth. 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").

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. The first opportunity that I had to go back was to work in a refugee camp in Botswana. He showed so much leadership and promise that we ended up sponsoring him to a university through our FORGE education fund. Completely random.

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