Saving Swamps in East Africa
InfoNile is marking World Water Day 2019 with 4 original multimedia stories on innovative solutions that are working to conserve wetlands in East Africa.
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WASTE to WEALTH: How Kenyan farmers are bringing life back to degraded Lake Victoria swamps
A 3-year project by Ecofinder Kenya, an NGO working in the Winam Gulf wetlands around Kisumu, offered families living in …
Exploring the nature of resilience: A trip down Kenya’s Athi River
The Athi River starts in the iconic Ngong Hills that rise above Nairobi. It flows past the bustling metropolis and …
Pond saves Mara River from gold mining pollution
“By Jacob Mugini The road leading to Murito meanders through small and large scale agricultural farms but reaches this once …
Simplified sewerage project in Kilimahewa improving L. Victoria water quality
By Nyamiti Kayora and Sylvester Bulengela In many hilly locations it is difficult to put up sanitary facilities such as …
Fears over Ethiopian dam’s costly impact on environment, people
CAPTION: A man hangs fish to dry on the western shore of Lake Turkana. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic Sean Avery, University of …